Gray area drinking is common, especially among capable, high-functioning women. You don’t have to hit rock bottom to realise alcohol is taking up too much space in your life. Many women find themselves in what’s known as the gray area of drinking — a space between ‘social drinker’ and ‘alcoholic’, where things might look fine on the outside but something inside you knows it’s not. If you’ve ever Googled “How much is too much?”, or promised yourself you’d only have one glass of wine tonight,...

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A love/hate relationship with alcohol ended up with reaching a rock bottom that changed her life forever.