What do women get from this drinking culture? First, there’s the idea that drinking makesyou easygoing and free, helping you to be more spontaneous, to do and say things with less self-censure. This can give you the idea that a better, more fun, and friendly version of you willemerge under the influence of alcohol. Second,…
While our particular cultural and social environments influence us, we have a uniquepersonal identity and the right to develop, expand, and express it. The more we grow, the morehappiness we will have in life.Besides, social pressures and expectations are not laws, and not conforming to themdoesn’t make us bad people. We have the freedom to…
I have had a lifelong, profound interest in this topic: the social pressures and relatedchallenges that women of all ages and socio-cultural backgrounds face and how they can dealwith them. Nine of my twenty-five years in private practice as a psychologist were particularlysignificant. I worked in an outpatient program with an all-female staff and client…
Are you drinking more now? By far, this year has been one of the most traumatic in modern history, and this includes the social as well as the personal realities everybody is going through. The pandemic created the perfect storm among the three factors that are typically connected to alcohol use in women. They are…
