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Starting the school year sober. Here’s my story.

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I have spent years juggling my three jobs: teacher, mother, and alcoholic. By Jennifer Dines

October 21, 2021 Parenting Challenges

One mom’s journey to becoming, and staying, a non-drinker

A glass of red wine
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Lunchtime beers would spill into afternoon cocktails and then more cocktails. By Jordan Souza

May 18, 2021 Parenting Challenges

I was a mom who couldn’t stop drinking. But then I did.

glasses turned upside down on a table
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I heard the baby crying again, I didn’t get up. I was too hungover. By Victoria Vanstone

May 18, 2020 Family, Parenting Challenges

Struggling to create a new life after my divorce

Used wine bottles lined up outside on a windowsill
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On Friday nights, I would rush through my daughter’s bedtime books, slurring words and skipping full pages. By Shelley Mann Hite

January 14, 2020 Culture
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