'Binge drinking has become completely normalized': Has boozy mom culture gone too far?
Social media feeds are rife with memes depicting exhausted women guzzling wine in giant glasses, with phrases like, "Technically, you're not drinking alone if your kids are home." They refer to wine as "mommy juice" or to the hour of "wine o'clock" - a time that all moms apparently look forward to as a way to get through the stress of raising their children.
From Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, to movies and store shelves, a ubiquitous narrative has taken hold in popular culture: that it's acceptable, expected and funny for moms to use a glass - or more - of wine to make it through the day. Yet while many women share these images in jest and don't have a problem, addiction experts and those who have battled addiction themselves say the trend minimizes the dangers
