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Originally Posted by Zeraph
Similar story with my family. We have a recovering (well its been like 20 years, is he still considered recovering?) alcoholic in our family. So we all abstain from drinking...out in the family room area. But my cousins and I will go drink in our rooms. Its silly. Personally I don't care much, but everyone else is hush hush about it so I just go with the flow. Although now that I'm kind of pissed off at my family I think next holiday I'll drink openly.
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Recovering alcoholics/addicts are always in recovery, the potential for relapse is always present.
IMO after 20 years an alcoholic should be able to handle being around drinking (I'll know more in about 16 years and eight months); I don't see how they could possibly avoid being around drinking for 20 years. That said, each person is different. Whether or not to have a "no drinking in front of Insert Name" rule is up to the person(s) hosting the GTG.