Another interesting prompt, hard liqouor. Valentine's Day no less. I wonder how much my crazy sister will drink tonight? I just sent my siblings an email that says I will see any of them who oppose me on a certain issue in court, should they so choose. I'm sure she has already bought, if not started in on, her bottle for tonight.
I won't be drinking tonight. I am happy to report that, well over a month ago, I finally didn't have that two-shot martini I was having every single night before bed. I'd go to the liquor store and buy exactly two airplane bottles, so that I would not drink more than two shots. But honestly, I was waking up after a few hours feeling nauseous and unable to get back to sleep. So the day came, a Sunday, when I didn't make it to the liquor store before closing and, since it's the only liquor store in town, I had my first night without my friendly martini. And I did not wake up nauseous!!! I felt much better the following day! The evidence is clear - two shots of vodka is too many shots of vodka for me.
So I didn't have a martini the next night, or the night after that, and here I am six or more weeks later, alcohol free. I don't know why it was so easy for me to quit this time, but I am happy that it was. I sleep better, get a lot more done during the days, and feel really good about myself.
When my cray cray sister stops drinking, maybe we can have a rational conversation.
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What an easy solution to not waking nauseous and not being able to get back to sleep. I hate waking and having my mind go crazy with thoughts to the point of not being able to sleep. Your sister sounds just like mine. I have decided to tell mine that if she does not give me the book she can tell her lawyer that I will not agree to them getting Mom's house, we can sell it and I will put at least 50 grand in my pocket. Now in truth, I will not do this because it was my mom's wish for the youngest one to get her house, somehow the middle sister got the youngest to put her name on it, too which I figured she would try to do but I thought the younger one would be smarter than that to fall for it. I want this book because Mom tried to get it back from her and she would not give it to her, saying she did not know where it was at, but she slipped up and told someone that she was not giving it to me, so she knows where it is at. Good luck in court, I can not imagine a family owning property for that long and someone in the family who does not want it, trying to get it sold off. Pure greed!!!! My daughter uses the phrase cray, cray to describe crazy people, I had never heard it before she said it, but now I am thinking it is a thing. lol
What is it about this book? How awful. This is a good example of how a family can go completely insane over the smallest things. I'm having that now as well. My sister's allegiance to a woman she met only once in her life is stronger than her allegiance to me.
While I loathe having lawyers in my life, the world is currently set up so that we sometimes need them. So was the house left to all three of you in the will? I don't know if I would push for the book, or let even my two sisters leave my life if I were you. It's very tricky! I'm sorry for you.
Congratulations! I LOVE your story!
Family drama, a topic you write about so well. I wish I could find one of those happy endings of yours for my story. Maybe. If the drinking stops. Two of the five of us have drinking at least under control. For now. I know the booze is a big part of our inability to be kind to one another. I wonder how far back the drinking goes, generationally. I had an uncle no one spoke to, also one of five siblings, and I've always wondered why. A good friend of mine from later in life was a good friend of my Uncle Gus, and she said he never drank. I think he may have had to leave the family to protect himself from the alcoholism, just as it seems I may be doing the same.
Sometimes that is what you have to do ... distance yourself from the madness ... it's painful, but it's necessary
I've not had alcohol since 2001 and I don't remember when before that. I much prefer to face the world as it is. I couldn't imagine spending so much money for something like that when there are flowers to grow!
Yes I do save a lot of money. At one point in my drinking, I calculated I was spending over $400 a month on booze. That was when I would not have any alcohol in my house, and would go out every night for a cocktail instead. I thought I was so good not having alcohol in the house, but in fact was drinking more than I ever had.
I've had a lot of rules to keep my drinking down but, as I knew deep down somewhere, the only way for an alcoholic to keep the drinking down is to stop drinking. Maybe I'll look around for a closed meeting.
flowers!!! More flowers!!! Thanks for stopping by.
I'm truly sorry about that whole conflict you have. I hate discord in the family, so maybe it is just me that is squeamish :) All the best... with or without martinis
Thanks. I do not think this is going to resolve with all of us intact, which might be for the best, really. This has been going on for more than 60 years, over tiny things. I could do without it.
Can't say I haven't seen this before. Things are as they are, and I do understand people who in the end just let things go.