nasty christmas

I managed to convince my family a couple of years ago to switch to a nasty christmas type of gift exchange. This has gone real well and the gift exchange is very fun. The basic premise is that when your turn comes up, you can either open a new present of steal a present that has already been opened. If your present was stolen you have the option of opening a new present or stealing someone else's gift. I need to figure out a way to establish a clearer set of rules though. With the current style of play, a gift can be stolen more than once per round and that kind of dulls the  exchange after a while. A new round starts when a new turn comes up for a selected reason. The first year we went by age, last year we did birthmonths, and this year we did day you were born. I need to think of a new way to take turns for next year. This year we had about 30 people doing the exchange and gifts going around. I brought a mini keg of heineken, my gift of the last three years. I ended up with a dvd of body of lies. I haven't seen it yet so I am optimistic it will be good.

I also broke my 5 week sobriety last night and regretted it today. I am really debating how I can avoid drinking much on new years eve at my sisters place. I hate staying sober at a place and having nothing to do. I also hate having a hangover that last for 14 hours. I don't like staying at a hose long being sober. I usually try to leave or am anxious to leave whenever I go somewhere else.