The vacation thing has been a discussion here too, only because we had already booked a trip and now that AH and I are separated during his recovery, I was wondering how to handle it. We decided the same thing mentioned earlier, if he's sober, we all go. If not, I'm going to take the kids myself. I agree, it's nice to have a goal and if that works - yay! But. . .just in case, I'd have plan #2 ready.
