'... there is a lot of pressure and toxic messaging to drink, hidden behind buzzwords like 'me time,' 'self-care,' and 'stress relief.'' | CBCKids
Mar 18, 2020
When I was diagnosed with breast cancer, it was like a switch went off: my desire to drink any alcohol disappeared, instantly. I knew there were increased risk factors, especially for women, linking excessive alcohol consumption to further cancer, so I just stopped.Almost two years of sobriety later, the switch hasn’t come back on. Instead, this hiatus from drinking gave me pause to step back and examine my previous behaviour. And that behaviour, in hindsight, looks very problematic.
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