‘Wine mom’ culture destroyed my ability to parent — and turned me into an addict

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It’s a bitter sip. “Wine mom” culture celebrates alcohol as both a requirement and a reward for the maternal workload, with infinite cheeky memes and products boasting, “The most expensive part of having kids is all the wine you have to drink.” But for some, such lighthearted messages and merchandise — think “mommy juice” wine glasses and “mama needs wine” sweatshirts — belie a much darker reality. “What began as me ‘relaxing after a hard day’ turned into a full-blown alcohol addiction,”