Drinking alcohol is something that is so ingrained in our expectations of a normal way to live, that it takes some pretty dramatic shake-ups for us to rethink how dangerously we drink. In 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic, our governments locked us down. As we began to stay home to protect our health
A big fear of mine when things shut down in Spring 2020 was being without booze. When we first locked down to prevent the spread of Covid19, many of our governments deemed alcohol an essential item and I was comforted that drinking away the Covid lockdown blues would be celebrated as a natural reaction to
When I was drinking I was in a very dark place. At first, the darkness was a quiet place that I craved. I allowed the darkness to consume me, even welcomed it at times, because I thought I had control of it. But before long I lost control and was completely buried by alcohol’s hold
I’ve always thought that I drank to numb. To avoid. To not bloody feel. And that was true some of the time. But I don’t think the story ends there. I think sometimes, we drink to feel. We can sometimes drink to a very emotional level. Emotional regulation up and down? Ever been the drunk
