Underpromising and overperforming is a seriously underrated skill. And you are right, people have A LOT of opinions about your drinking. I know people who would probably never consider me an alcoholic, simply because I didn’t drink as much as they could/would/do. But alcoholism is one of those things that is so…

I had a habit as a young drunk woman where I would “take breaks” from drinking. They were normally a few days or a week, the longest was a month. No one ever questioned them, everyone around me understood the “I am taking a break to give me body a rest” reason. Some people also assumed I was taking a break because I…