I am not a drinker, but I drank . In the society of professionals
there was very little in life that did not offer the opportunity
to drink alcohol. I did not witness the wee hours , in the home
of in laws that related 1st person, exposed the addictions.
There’s no denial, because it’s so normalized, a right of passage
as if drinking solidified your frat or sorority standing .
And wealth/influence .. it was common in detached parenting
homes especially noticeable in the 60s .
We can’t afford to live lives we have to fool ourselves into tolerating.
— Read on qz.com/762868/giving-up-alcohol-opened-my-eyes-to-the-infuriating-truth-about-why-women-drink/