Lindsay Sutherland Boal was so gripped by shame about her dependence on alcohol that she had a hard time telling her group of mom friends she'd kicked the habit after her seventh attempt at sobriety.
But once she divulged her "secret" in an online post 11 months after her last drink, Sutherland Boal realized she had plenty of support, including from women who contacted her to share their own struggles with booze.
The risks associated with alcohol use are in the spotlight after updated safer-consumption guidance by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction , which notes in a report that women face greater health and social risks, stigma and expectations. The free sessions come with encouragement for women to walk, on their own or with others, and together accumulate a certain number of kilometres. The next goal, between March 6 and June 17, is for members to reach 40,000 kilometres to represent circumventing the globe, Sutherland Boal said.
"There were people who were panicked about it, there were people who were glad that they weren't drinking anymore and didn't have to deal with it, there were people who felt that it was the last straw for them and the thing that they needed to take them to the next stage of, 'I think now it's time to quit.'"
Women generally experience more risk of damage or disease at lower levels of alcohol consumption than do men, it says. "While all people living in Canada can benefit from nuanced information and messaging about alcohol use and safe drinking levels, it is especially important for women and girls," it says noting "exploitative marketing" and increased vulnerability to sexual assault and intimate partner violence.
Health-care professionals also need to communicate the message of alcohol harms with more "nuanced" conversations for both nonbinary and trans people because their physiology dictates their risks instead of how they see or identify themselves, Butt said.
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