With all the wine time talk out there, when it comes to alcoholism, no one seems to understand what alcoholism looks like in the eighty-percent of alcoholics who attend college, have jobs, go on vacation, go out with friends, and visit or have families of their own....
Why Aren’t You Drinking? How come you’re not drinking? Why, don’t you want some wine? You’re not going to AA again, are you? If you’re not drinking, would like a joint instead? How about a few lines? You must do something, right? You would never quit drinking...
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...
Binge Drinking: Normalized When did the shift occur that a one night celebration with a few girlfriends before the big wedding day has turned into a three or four day drinking bash all under the guise of a “bachelorette party?” From what I hear from women who have...
Way to Go Cosmopolitan! Cosmopolitan Magazine markets to young women. In a recent article, the magazine offered up ways to hide booze in everyday items such as a hair brush. Way to go Cosmopolitan! With high school and college students dying from alcohol poisoning,...
