Originally Posted by
InperfectlyMe 
Bl I use to dread the days my daughter had dance class I couldn't drink until 530 crazy I know most people are still at work that time of day!
Not crazy...sometimes if I know I won't be home at my usual start-drinking-time (2pm-ish) I will take a "coffee cup" of something in my purse (only if I'm not driving though). And then spend the whole time paranoid that people can smell the alcohol on me, or I'm not acting sober. I don't want so much that I'm falling down drunk, I just want enough to take the edge off. I went to my daughter's parent-teacher conference drunk and I was afraid the whole time that her teacher could tell I'd been drinking and would report me.