Let the games begin!

My family -- as in adult siblings -- swing into high drama and work hard to manipulate the family portion of the holidays into a drunken mess. The manipulations are so blatantly obvious. I see less of my family with each passing year. Their language and conversation topics are very coarse and offensive and the very heavy drinking does not help. Brawls between drunken adult nephews have necessitated trips to the ER, etc. I cannot relate to the conversation topics, the language, the behaviors. Active alcoholism is a progressive disease. I truly cannot relate to much of my family. With c-PTSD and other issues, including having some degree of self-respect, I am keeping interactions increasingly brief with family.

I tend to spend time with friends (chosen family) and my in-laws.)
so much more sane!


WC