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The staff at the hotel we stayed in for our wedding were great though they complained about this horrible couple staying next to us. They broke lots of stuff in the room and locked themselves out a few times. As we were laughing and just returning to our room after the reception, the couple comes down the hallway and the husband is literally holding the wife up and steering her to their room as she is slamming into walls and yammering. He told her she was embarrassing herself and she stammered "Aww..come on...they know we're just having fun!" That husband...actually neither of them, looked like they were having fun and clearly nobody else was having fun with them either. We, on the other hand, had a blast with tons of family and friends. We had no liquor at our reception. Staff here, everywhere...were great and we were able to show them appreciation for making our wedding great. I've never had more fun. 6 years ago, I can recall me and my former partner tearing up every place we went, alienating everyone, making fools of ourselves and blabbering about "fun" as if being a diseased drunk is really fun. I thank God, AA, and alanon (which of course consists of you guys) for giving me a real life, a full life, a recovered life, and a blessed life
I wanted to ask about alcohol at your reception...I was guessing you didn't have any. I didn't have any alcohol at either one of my 2 weddings. The first one my mom insisted we didn't have any because she had an alcoholic father and was worried about other relatives drinking too much. It turned out fine both times...no alcohol. If people don't like it they can leave and get drunk somewhere else. Good for you for sticking up for your beliefs.
