About a month or more ago i booked myself a week at a youth hostel in a party/beach district interstate, so i don't have to stay with my relatives over Christmas. I haven't stayed in this particular place before & have wanted to do such for years, so i can party a little i guess. This is one of the many reasons I'm skeptical of getting through the Christmas period. By no means do i plan to write myself off, but I'm aware this is going to be incredible hard to abstain. So although i may be creating excuses and such i have to be a realist & realize there is surely a more practical time. Like when I'm not in an environment conducive to partying.