> Alcohol has never really been an issue if I go spend the holidays with my immediate family Probably immediate is the key here. Once you stay with the more di

> Alcohol has never really been an issue if I go spend the holidays with my immediate family Probably immediate is the key here. Once you stay with the more distant ones, you may discover many people will just use it as a lubricant to somehow get a long with people they actually don't share that much with - but need to because of social pressure.