Tag: drinking

  • Romancing the Parasite – Alcohol Kills

    Romancing the Parasite – Alcohol Kills

    Alcohol-related deaths have doubled in the past 20 years. That statistic should be shocking to people. Why has alcohol become such a deadly force in the 21st century? Alcohol Use Disorder kills 1 out of every 10 adults age 20 to 64, making alcoholism more deadly than automobile crashes, opioid abuse, and gun violence combined.…

  • Alcohol Use is a Spectrum

    Alcohol Use is a Spectrum

    Alcohol is a bully to many of us. Let’s not bully each other. A “Alcoholic” is an unhelpful L label for people and it C causes a lot of upset. When trying to O overcome many obstacles and H heal their lives, people feel almost O Ostracized, why should that be? L Lots of people…

  • The Disney-fication of Drunk Mom’s

    The Disney-fication of Drunk Mom’s

    This past week, from the bully pulpit of social media, the Today Show and Fox News helped this image of American moms welcoming the new school year, XL wine glasses joyfully raised in a toast to “me-time” go viral. It has become the feel-good image of the new school year. If you read the Today…

  • Everybody’s Talkin’ At Me

    Everybody’s Talkin’ At Me

    Lollie Kay’s Dream Alley… A collection of sound, image, and musings from a sober artist in progress. I love a good film. I once tried to quit drinking by way of what I coined “sobriety through cinema”. Every time there was an urge to drink myself into a stupor I’d watch a film instead. It…

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