Red Flags That You And Alcohol Have An Unhealthy Relationship. By Alyson Premo.

Red Flags That You And Alcohol Don't Have A Healthy Relationship

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I want to preface this by saying I AM SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE. I'm so glad that you decided to trust your gut that something just isn't right between you and alcohol. Awareness is the first step to change, and we can't change what we don't know.

I wish there was a forum like this back in the day when I was struggling with alcohol. I thought I was alone. I thought I was a bad mom because I couldn't stop drinking. I thought there was something wrong with me.

There wasn't anything wrong with me. 

I was suffering from trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, and the overwhelm of single motherhood. I used alcohol to cope because that was the only way I knew how. It was socially acceptable to numb out the stressors of daily life. In fact, it's encouraged, and that's the sad part. 

We've been so conditioned to believe that alcohol is ok. That it can do no harm. Yet more people are dying per year from alcohol than opiates. So, where's the alcohol epidemic? That's right—profit over people. Big Alcohol thinks that if they put drink responsibly on the label that their hands are clean. 

Well, alcohol is set up to keep us wanting more, and for some of us, there is no off switch to drink responsibly. Actually, I'd say for MOST of us. 

I'm forever grateful for my struggle because it led me here. I'm no longer ashamed of what I did when I was surviving. But now I know better, and that's why it's my mission to bring my story to the world and spread the truth of what alcohol really does to us. 

I always said if I could help one person, then my struggle was worth it, and by now, I've helped hundreds if not thousands of women explore their relationship with alcohol and rid themselves of this toxic drinking cycle. 

Imagine if you all just helped one person see that living without alcohol isn't a punishment but a gift? Imagine what a world this would be?

Are you ready to help yourself so that you can make your imprint in this world?

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Are you drinking because you want to? Or....By Alyson Premo

Are you drinking because you want to?

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Are you drinking because you don't know any other way to cope and don't want to feel left out in a society where everything revolves around alcohol?

So what is it?

I can 99% guarantee that you're drinking not because you want to. I mean, no one wants to feel like death run over the morning after drinking. No one wants to wake up with racing thoughts and a racing heart. No one wants to destroy friendships, relationships, or their own life.

But we put ourselves in these situations over and over again because why? Are we a glutton for punishment?

Or do we just not know how to cope with a stressful day? Or do we not know how to celebrate without alcohol? Or do we succumb to peer pressure because we don't want others to think we have a "problem"? Or have we been brought up in an environment where everything revolves around alcohol, and it's perceived as the norm?

It's probably all of the above, right? We don't really WANT to drink a poison that increases your chances of cancer, can lead to an array of issues with your relationships, including the relationship with your kids, causes more anxiety and sadness, and ultimately leads to premature death. We don't want that. We want alcohol to escape or fit in.

Screw fitting in for the sake of my health. And there are much better and healthier ways to cope with the stresses of life and motherhood—no need for a glass of wine.

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Mommy wine culture is dangerous and cringeworthy.

The SNL skit on Saturday night was downright disturbing. When did we as a culture get to this point? Mommy wine culture has been out of hand for a while now, but this is beyond reckless and distasteful that it's more cringeworthy than funny.

When did we cross the line into joking about having a glass of wine or a bottle to death and alcohol poisoning? These were some phrases on the signs👇🏻

"Hey Barkeep, I wanna die tonight."

"I did Dry January. I never took a bath all January because if I was too hammered and I was worried I would slip under the surface of the water."

"I put my wine bottles in other people's recycling bins, so the garbage men won't know how many I go through in a week."

This isn't funny anymore. This is straight up alcoholism. I think the most disturbing part is joking about drinking too much to the point of death and not even batting an eye. When did we get so desensitized to this? When did as a culture, we think that joking about the third leading preventable cause of death is funny? Alcohol kills more people per year than opiates, but why aren't we treating alcohol as an epidemic? Instead, we're joking about how we drink too much, and it's ok. It's not ok. Our kids deserve better, and YOU deserve better.

Yes, we all make our own choice to drink, but when we see skits like this, we start to say, wow, I thought I was the only one worried about how the garbage men were going to judge me. Guess I'm not that bad after all. I mean, we already try to justify how much we drink and that it's not a big deal, so imagine when skits like these come on the television. There's another reason that "we're fine" or "don't have a problem".

You're not invincible. Drinking too much or drinking, in general, will catch up to you one day, so don't let these skits, memes, and merchandise fool you into thinking that you're indestructible. You're not, and in the meantime, you'll be wasting years of your life and your kid's life tied to a substance that keeps you "fine" until it doesn't anymore.

If you're struggling right now, you're not alone. There is support to help you through this, so please reach out.