Every woman I know with a drinking problem seems to have developed it during menopause.
Coping mechanism. My wife gets hangry until she has a first glass of red in Big Carl the Glass.
There should always be a bottle of dry red open.
Girls just wanna have fun.
IMO at some point women, usually younger single women, came to believe excessive drinking was kind of a male dominated past-time & another glass ceiling needing breaking. The problem is they are even less physically able to cope with the effects of heavy drinking than are most men.
The headline reminds me of an old Rodney Dangerfield routine.
I wake up in the morning and stress says to me, “You’re gonna get it good today...”
There are still 55 additional genders to study, so more grant money will be required.
stress drives women to drink....
women drive men to drink...
Maybe they just have more on their minds.
May I take this opportunity to recommend "Gato Negro"
('Black Cat' wine) a cheap imported cabernet sauvignon from Chile'.
(File this one under: "Getting Sloshed on a Budget with Style and Taste".)
The stuff is pretty good - I like it.
I first discovered it in the Trader Joe's in Phoenix, AZ (of all places)
almost 30 years ago.
I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes over 20 years ago, so I don’t drink any alcoholic beverages. Never really liked them to begin with. The majority of my stress occurred when I was younger, going through a divorce, and raising two sons alone. I didn’t drink then either, and I wasn’t diabetic at the time. Drinking wasn’t an option, as I had a job and responsibilities. I had a sister who was an alcoholic. She was single, never married, and had no stress, other than what she created for herself. She quit her job when she was around 25, spent the majority of her life in and out of State psych centers, until she was finally permanently committed, was eventually diagnosed with dementia, and died at the age of 74 while living in an adult-assisted living home.
This along with global warming could make for some interesting times.
As a recovering alcoholic of almost 31 years, I discovered the medicinal purpose of liquor in high school. I always had a nervous, upset stomach and couldn’t live “normally” unless I killed the pain with booze. The reasons for this are unknown, and irrelevant, but I was a functioning alcoholic for years until I finally hit bottom.
Because they are weaker emotionally too?
The cats aren’t happy until the box of wine is empty.
Is that the reason I am drinking less?
Another waste of grant money. 😆
I’ve never been a drinker so I don’t understand it.