A weekly session is sometimes necessary though. Lots of tension/stress builds up during the week due to juggling various things + work + people + money etc. A tactical bottle of wine on Thursday / Friday night for example.

I prescribed one to the other half the other week as she was struggling with all sorts of shit (mostly work). We shared a bottle (only takes her 2-3 glasses) and she was right as rain.

Usually I’ll also aim to have a big session with the father in law every 3 weeks or so. We have an enormous dinner, followed by inadvisable quantities of Irish whisky. The food soaks it all up. All this goes on during the family meal, so by the end of the evening it becomes quite a challenge maintaining the illusion of control to the others. We start to run out of ways to answer (lie) to repeated questions of “how much have you had”.

Woke up with a smile.

So you had a face cramp, must've hurt like hell .