I recognize my ex and so many family members in this. Not that I don't have my own crosses to bear, but thankfully alcohol has not been one of them. Just dumb luck, since being young and drinking and thinking only of the moment you are in is pushed by the culture. I was sooo fortunate in my first "real" job to learn that work and drinking should not mix when I went out to a business lunch after our dept. had a great audit. We went to a Japanese restaurant, and others were ordering what I thought was sake (about 15% alcohol), so I did, too. Turns out they ordered Asahi, which is beer, at about 5% alcohol. Guess who was the dumbass embarrassed by being drunk over a lunch and aware of it, too? Yep. So, pretty quick and painless at one humiliating lesson at age 19. I feel so much empathy for you and others who had to see themselves reflected in the horror of others' expressions. Peace, Kate
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I recognize my ex and so many family members in this. Not that I don't have my own crosses to bear, but thankfully alcohol has not been one of them. Just dumb luck, since being young and drinking and thinking only of the moment you are in is pushed by the culture. I was sooo fortunate in my first "real" job to learn that work and drinking should not mix when I went out to a business lunch after our dept. had a great audit. We went to a Japanese restaurant, and others were ordering what I thought was sake (about 15% alcohol), so I did, too. Turns out they ordered Asahi, which is beer, at about 5% alcohol. Guess who was the dumbass embarrassed by being drunk over a lunch and aware of it, too? Yep. So, pretty quick and painless at one humiliating lesson at age 19. I feel so much empathy for you and others who had to see themselves reflected in the horror of others' expressions. Peace, Kate