Glad to see you back fishy, HD and LS, and that you are all doing well! A couple of things....watched Osage County last night and when Meryl Streep went "off" on her kids and everyone else, hubby and I had a great conversation about WTF....there comes a point in your life (as we get older) that we would SO like to say some similar things to our kids and people we know. I mean, come on....at some point it DOES become about US and the years we have left....we should be able to do whatever we want (as long as we don't hurt others). For me, I WANTED to quit drinking....MY CHOICE. Of course my kids were glad, but this time, it wasn't about them or what they wanted.....if I wanted to kill myself by drinking or drugging....then, at this age....it's kinda like "Leave me alone!"....Maybe selfish....but, at what point in our lives do we get to be? Anyway, a REALLY interesting thing just happened. As you know, hubby still drinks beer....no big deal...he doesn't really over do and has respected my request to keep it out of the house. Well, today....just about 30 minutes ago he said, "I want to talk to you". So, as we sat outside, listening to/watching the waves, he told me that he thinks he has been drinking too much beer. He said that doing all of this tax stuff he just needs breaks. So, he goes out to the garage to have a beer. Although I have noticed that he is often not at his desk as much in the last couple of days, I didn't really think too much about it. Anyway, he said that he doesn't get a buzz or anything and just likes the taste of beer and needs a "brain break". I suggested that he find another DOC. At the end of the conversation, he was going to go to the store (since he was out of beer). I suggested that he buy the non-alcoholic beer....I mean if he likes the taste, and doesn't get a buzz anyway, then what's the point of drinking alcoholic beer? (THIS I don't understand....lol). He said that the non-alcoholic beer is much more expensive. What, I said,....a few bucks??? Bottom line....he is on the way to the store to buy the non alcoholic beer (and some sour cream). So very interesting....he actually told me he was worried about drinking too much beer (maybe 4 a day?) and that he didn't like it. Felt like he was letting himself down....wow....