According to a recent story released by ABCNEWS (1), Tina a 43 year old former politician, now stay home Mom, drinks wine out of her coffee cup in attempts to hide her drinking from loved ones.
Tina, originally left the fast paced life of being a politician to spend more time with her children and what went from a few glasses of wine at night quickly turned into a bottle or even more of wine at night. Then the drinking in the morning was started when the mom's of would get together after the kids would go to school. She at first realized that she was becoming an alcoholic when she would wake up in the morning with the "shakes."
Research conducted by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse (2), states that 1/3 of all alcoholics are women. I find that number very fascinating. Although, I do not drink, I do sometimes venture out to a local tavern to meet with friends or be a designated driver. What I find at these "bars" are that more of the women in these places are drinking more that the men are. So I find it hard to believe that only 1/3 of alcoholics are women. I figured the number to be much higher.
Now, I am sure that the study that was performed by the institute was a controlled study with many imperfections of gaining truly accurate numbers. However, that number is still staggering. I wonder, does the hustle and bustle of everyday life have gotten to the women too! I realize in today's society it takes two to run a successful household. I also realize that women have more physical demands put on them by society.
Alcoholism is a very dangerous disease, and that is what it truly is. It grabs a hold of you and before you know it, your body and mind needs it to function. Take for instance our subject of this story, Tina. Before she had gone into rehab, she was drinking to cure the shakes she was having. Only the alcohol would take the shakes away.
I know that there are people out there that do drink responsibly. Maybe one day anyone who drinks will be responsible.
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1)www.abcnews.com/go/2020/mom-secret-habit-coffee-mug-full-of-wine
2)National Institute of Alcohol Abuse.com
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One sign that your drinking is out of control is when you are hiding it from people! That shows you that you are already feeling guilty about it and it’s wrong! My uncle in Ukraine would have to get a shot of vodka every morning so he could function and then he would inevitably get drunk till the end of the day. Of course if I were married to my aunt, I would also get drunk every day! :-)
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