Why is alcohol still a socially acceptable coping mechanism? By Alyson Premo

Society has conditioned us to believe that alcohol is an acceptable coping mechanism. Then when someone begins to get out of control with their drinking or endure serious negative consequences, we shun them.

How does this make sense? It doesn't.

Everywhere you turn, there are memes, advertising, and your family/friends telling you to have a glass of wine to relax or to deal with your kids. 🙄

BUT it's only to an acceptable degree. Like it's ok to drink a few glasses of wine a night and act like a "lady", but the minute you reveal you're an alcoholic or got a DUI, then some people will treat you differently and view you as less than. Or that somehow there's something morally wrong with you.

ADDICTION IS NOT A MORAL FAILURE.

We got so wrapped up in alcohol being ok to use as a way to deal with life that we forget that alcohol is a drug. Alcohol is an addictive substance. Period.

I genuinely believe to change the conversation, we have to stop looking at alcohol as a coping mechanism. I'm not a prohibitionist whatsoever, but when we keep pushing the narrative that alcohol is a socially acceptable coping mechanism when it's not, we are harming people in the process. We're taught that alcohol is this innocent substance because it's glamorized everywhere we turn, and drinking is a passage into adulthood, but it is killing people, destroying families, and keeping you complacent and content just going through the daily motions of life

Essentially we're being conditioned to run away from our problems. Keep drinking them away until you have no choice to finally deal with them. But you lost all that time justifying your drinking and running away, and you look back with regret and guilt. Then you're not only dealing with the real issues of why you drank but all the other consequences of your drinking too.

Do not let alcohol get you stuck in a cycle of never dealing with the real issue issues or dragging the process out longer than it needs to. It is not worth it!

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