I will be going to my first family gathering since I've stopped drinking on Easter Sunday.
I know I will not be late, because I am up much earlier these days (since I'm not hungover everyAM)...I have offered to help with cooking a side dish and bringing a dessert. I have offered to do the drive of picking up my mother at the nursing home and bringing her back.
I'm going to bring a bottle of seltzer with me and ask for a splash of orange juice, for after dinner I'll bring an assortment of K-cups teas to share..(they serve liquors with dessert)...since it is family, all I will tell them is that my doctor advised me not to mix alcohol with my meds.
frankly I was abit nervous about this 2 weeks ago, but now it doesn't seem like it's all that important...I'm just "not consuming wine"....I'm not coming to dinner wearing a BIG SIGN or wearing a feathered chicken costume...that would make everyone point at me.