![]() Especially heading into the holiday season - which, even in normal times, is filled with booze. But for others, the nightly glass of wine (which, let’s be honest, maybe turned into two or three) has stuck around, prompting many people to reevaluate their relationship with alcohol. “For some, as we went from social distancing to increased vaccinations and opening up they were able to return to less-harmful social drinking,” says Dr. John Mendelson, chief medical officer of Ria Health. “COVID became the metaphorical ‘pouring gas on the fire’ moment for alcohol misuse,” says Dr. Pre-pandemic, alcohol use disorder in women was already increasing at a troubling rate. “The added stress of having kids home who needed to be homeschooled plus work obligations…being cut off from social and familial support was difficult,” says Lisa Boucher, author of Raising the Bottom: Making Mindful Choices in a Drinking Culture. ![]() Women - and especially moms - were hit particularly hard. Bars may have been closed, but drinking became a common coping mechanism for the isolation and anxiety caused by lockdown - one study found that nationally, we consumed about 1 billion more drinks per month from February to November 2020. During the first week of the pandemic, alcohol sales spiked 54%. ![]()
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