This, I realized, set me apart as a woman who loves bars: the need to be known, to have a place of one's own.
I will always feel sadness and regret that I didn't do more to save my sister. By sharing her story, I want to honor the good and kind person that was taken away by the bottle. My fervent hope is that someone reading this will decide that today is the day to stop drinking.
Two things about drinking in the workplace have changed since the Mad Men-era standard of downing five glasses of scotch before noon. 1) You would p...
What is a white, college-educated woman aged 18-24 with $75,000 or more annual household income more likely to do than women of other races, ages, and...
While we talked Thanksgiving trivia and my son told some turkey jokes, friends began passing the bottles of wine to the other end of the table, trying to make the temptation a little less for my mom.
I can't quite shake the little voice in my head that whispers, every time I take a sip of alcohol, Careful: this could change your life.
This Monday evening, Obama and Romney will face off for their third bout, this time in Florida. And from what I can tell, there are some debate drinking game rules that are bipartisan.
"There was always a certain point in the evening when I'd feel just perfect, like how I imagined humans were built to feel: My boobs grew like three cup sizes, I felt one with my friends and the universe, I could handle anything, I could play. Without a drink, I didn't know how to have fun."
Taking a month off from drinking has made me more aware than ever of when and how much alcohol I'm consuming.
Alcohol can do strange things to you at 35,000 feet, so it's worth thinking through your decision about whether or not to throw back a cocktail or three.
Almost twenty years after the fact, I have to ask myself: Did I create a band and forge a career in music because it was a job at which one is pretty much expected to drink?
I'm not an alcoholic. At least I don't think I am. But I'm trying to figure out when fun drinking becomes serious drinking -- like it did for my mother.
Women are becoming the new face of alcoholism for the 21st century and we need to find a way out of this "ad campaign."
Why must nearly every marketing campaign aimed at women portray them as either stressed-out moms or wanting to lose weight?
A recent study conducted by psychologists at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, shows that anger and alcohol mix a little too easily for many women.
Next time you find yourself out to dinner and the waiter hands your man the wine list, show him who's really boss.
Here are some alcohol campaigns targeting women, evaluated based on their understanding of what women want.
Since alcohol affects women more quickly than it does men, answering work emails after a couple of glasses of wine could be riskier career-wise for female desk drinkers.
I still have an occasional glass of wine or a cocktail with someone close to me, someone who understands what I've dealt with, but now that ordering a drink is not a given, I think about whether I really want it. Usually, I'd rather eat ice cream.
We decided there was no place for women to share their stories -- the sad, happy and everything in between -- of drinking and the effect it has on their lives. We would provide that place.
My first sober Christmas, I was 24, and I navigated every holiday party and family gathering with high anxiety, blurting out "Ginger ale!" in answer to any and all questions.
