You can’t hardly go anywhere or talk to anyone anymore who doesn’t bring up their anxiety, their kid’s anxiety, and even their pet’s anxiety. Seriously, now even dogs are taking Prozac and Xanax. This is nuts! People talk about their anxiety like it’s a creature that...
My mother was that mother. She was beautiful, wildly fun, and about as inappropriate as a mother could be. I grew up back in the day of 3.2 beer and plenty of cigarettes, that at sixteen years old she didn’t care that I smoked, my sisters’ smoked, and the crowd of...
I’ve come to believe that life is a lovely mess. We can accept this fact about our lives and do our best to tidy up along the way, but also embrace the knowledge that if we don’t mess things up a bit—we’ll never learn anything. —LB— I think we can all agree that...
Maybe the questions I should’ve asked myself before the beginning of the end is this: What did I get out of drinking? Did it make my life better? Were my relationships better? Did drinking fill the void? The answer to all of those questions was no, but what still...
For those of you new to Raising the Bottom, welcome! I’m here to educate, support, and tell it like it is when it comes to our drinking culture. I grew up in an alcoholic home (my mother), and in my late twenties, got sober. It’s the only disease that I know of...
True That…. How many of you reading this already have resolutions in mind that you want to make for the new Year? Next question is how many of you will follow through on the promises you make to yourself? The answer is obvious…, most of us say we will do this that and...
People are drinking more than ever, particularly millennials. Women especially, guzzle wine like crazy, and according to one article in The Fix, “Women are drinking twice as much wine as men.” So what’s going on? Why are so many women numbing...
Holiday Drinking: The Green Light That Doesn’t Turn Red Again Until New Year’s Day The span between Thanksgiving and New Year’s can be a challenging time for those who are trying to get sober, stay sober and even for those who want enjoy the holidays...
Asking For A Friend… Once you feel the need to survey the crowd to support an action that clearly doesn’t resonate with your moral compass, you’re headed for trouble. We all do it though. When I started to feel uncomfortable with my drinking, I turned into the...
