Originally Posted by pattyj

I am in Washington State and it is 29 degrees at night. I know that it is probably colder someplace else but this is freakin cold! Alcohol was a warm layer in my body all year long. While I hated being too hot and sweating out the alcohol, a tiny part of me misses the warmth, especially at a time like this.

On the other hand, something interesting happened last night. I went to my sister's to babysit my nephew. She opened the fridge to show me what I could make us for dinner. She saw an opened bottle of wine in the fridge and DUMPED IT DOWN THE KITCHEN SINK!! The only person I have seen do that is my dad when he tried to get my mom sober one time. Any other person I have ever been around, including myself, would have considered that 'alcohol abuse.' I hugged her and told how that was such a breath of fresh air to see someone do that.