The Problem with Mommy Wine Culture.

<p><strong>How did women and alcohol become an feminist tradegy?</strong></p> <p><strong>What does it mean to be sober curious?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On this week’s episode of Energetically You, Megan Swan touches on a controversial topic- mommy wine culture.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many women have fallen hook-line-and-sinker for the powerful ad campaigns that have taught us that real, powerful, fun, women and essentially mothers drink.  Drinking is a power move.  Drinking is self-care.  Wine is essential to humour and motherhood.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“For most women [sobriety] is life changing in terms of their overall physical health, mental wellness and their ability to cope.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The top questions we will be asking ourselves throughout the episode include:</span></p> <p> </p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Is alcohol holding you back even though you don’t have a ‘drinking problem’?</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why is wine not self-care?</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How does alcohol affect our sleep?</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">How does alcohol affect our energy?</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Resources we mentioned:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol,</span> <a href= "https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6921958.Ann_Dowsett_Johnston"> <span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ann Dowsett Johnston</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, Harper Wave, 2013.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“For women, heavy drinking has been normalized. That’s dangerous.” by Kimberly Kindy & Dan Keating, December 23, 2016, Washington Post,</span> <a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/for-women-heavy-drinking-has-been-normalized-thats-dangerous/2016/12/23/"> <span style= "font-weig