Episode 8: Motherhood Is Sobering: Drinking, The Holidays & Mothering, with Angela Garbes

Miranda and Sarah welcome Angela Garbes, author of Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change and Like A Mother, to the show this week to talk about drinking, sobriety, and the fuzzy, fine lines that we trace around substance use in motherhood. Though it feels like sober curiosity — or full on sobriety — is on-trend, a recent CDC study indicated that more women than ever are binge drinking and dying from alcohol-related diseases. How should we think about drinking and self-care? What does my choice say about your choice? With holiday gatherings looming, Angela — and a few brilliant listeners — helps us think deeply about how to manage it all with or without drinking to help (or hinder) us.


Links:
Angela’s Substack
Angela’s Washington Post piece about her sobriety 
CDC Study about women and alcohol-related mortality
Atlantic Article on Wine Moms 
Virginia Sole-Smith on Sugar Highs
Sophie Lucido Johnson on Instagram
Monday N/A Gin
Studio Null N/A Bubble

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