Parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world... with no handbook! It's rewarding yet exhausting, and 'Mummy Wine Culture' promotes that alcohol is the perfect reward for surviving another long day. Your hosts Ruth, Jane and Clare have five children between them... and drank when the kids were younger. In this episode they share their honest experiences of alcohol in the early years - slurry bedtime stories, groggy hangover days and the Tooth Fairy not showing up, to name a few. They look at the wide-ranging benefits children AND parents experience from removing alcohol... increased patience, consistency and life-expectancy, plus reduced risk, harm and neglect. The physical, psychological, financial and societal positives are truly staggering! Your hosts also reflect on the younger generation's perception of alcohol, and hopes for a more sober-friendly future.

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An intervention can be a very effective - yet uncomfortable and difficult - way of challenging somebody's behaviour that has become harmful or unacceptable. Significant interventions usually involve strong feelings and vulnerability on both sides. They need to be highly planned and carefully delivered... with the risk of no desired change. In this searingly personal and honest episode, Jane shares with Clare an intervention letter that she received... which eventually led to her tackling her relationship with alcohol. They talk through how it felt to have heavy drinking behaviour challenged, the ensuing response, and steps towards change... as well as recapping on the relationship improvements since. A useful episode in in examining how intervention CAN lead to sobriety.

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