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Shall We Lose the Booze?

We’re sitting in our “new office” in North Adelaide, bras nearly off, admin finally done, drinks in hand… and asking ourselves a slightly uncomfortable question.

Should we lose the booze?

After a summer of Christmas, New Year, barbecues and every excuse under the Aussie sun to have “just a couple”, we found ourselves circling something we’ve all been quietly thinking about for a while.

We grew up around drinking. We started young. It was normal. It was culture. It was sport, pubs, social clubs and country boredom. It was reward, celebration, coping mechanism, confidence booster and sometimes… escape.

But now we’re 50-ish.

If we want to live to 100, are we heading in the right direction?

In this episode we talk about:

• being “functioning” but still questioning our habits
• self-medicating and the truth about hangxiety
• why non-alcoholic options just don’t hit the same
• the generational shift, and why our kids aren’t interested
• social pressure, slushie machines and poolside cocktails
• health hypocrisy, clean skincare but Aperol spritz
• whether moderation is realistic, or if it’s all or nothing

There’s no big declaration. No dramatic pact.

Just three women, midlife, mid-thought process, having an honest conversation about something that’s woven into our culture and our friendship.

We don’t have the answers.

But we are asking the question.

And maybe that’s the start.

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