I think I’m learning.

I think for me the trick is to find a good reason not to drink too much. A reason for me, not because so-and-so doesn’t want me to. Last night, I didn’t want to because I wanted to get up today in time to go to the fish market and vegetable market and buy fresh basil, lemons, onions, garlic, and scallops (and yes, my meal was incredible). That might sound like a stupid reason, or something really obvious, but I don’t care how stupid it is if it works.

Another strategy we’ve come up with is this: always leave it up to me. It has to be my decision. If I’m even mildly intoxicated and someone tells me not to have another one, I get highly indignant and sometimes angry. I told Luis to ask me (just like I try to ask myself), “Ok, Alli, it’s 4 am, you’re the only one in the disco still drinking, you can’t walk straight, and you already know your friends’ opinion on the matter. Do YOU really want another one?” Luis thinks it’s stupid and feels funny saying it, but I’ve asked him just to work with me and agree that no matter how stupid it is, as long as it works we don’t care.

Progress? Quizas, quizas, quizas!