Lol, now that's funny Foxman! You are so right, alcohol is available every where including where the Eskimo's live. Like Sian I was already isolating myself virtually every time I drank to excess. I'd go to a party or get together, for coffee with a friend or even to work then come home and knock off a bottle of wine alone. Didn't matter whether I drank during the occasion or not. So really, it wasn't the people or the occasion that needed avoiding, I simply planned to and wanted to get drunk and so I did. When I see friends or family now I tell them I no longer drink, I tell them I just got tired of it all and want to focus on being healthy. Jacq, no person, no event, no TV show or getting in close proximity to alcohol was the trigger...the trigger was within me. Now...I plan...not to drink.