I've been thrust to be a host tonight and I'm not Host material...

I tend to drink and smoke more under pressure...
-my old trick used to be: create some grand diversion so their focus isn't on what's really going on.. but there will invariably be someone in the group that really sees my ineptitude and then I will have to shift my focus on dealing with them ...
and that's where the new problems always come in..
but after tonight I probably won't be asked again