Is the Pandemic Creating A Generation of Alcoholic Parents?

Dry January might be a good idea if you’re still day drinking this far into the pandemic.

I am no stranger to issues with drinking. On occasion, my problematic drinking has appeared in my writing, and it has sparked some raw conversations around the immense stress that modern parents, particularly mothers, face. Nevertheless, when my children’s school closed for lockdown in March 2020, there was a collective air of togetherness that seemed to include permission to slug…