Wife Of An Alcoholic: Recovery | Loving An Alcoholic | Codependency| Michelle Lisa Anderson

A while ago, I started practicing yoga. I found it incredibly therapeutic and very nurturing. It didn't help me with weight loss, but it did help me take a much-needed timeout from the craziness of the day to center myself. And I loved the way my body felt strong and flexible. I was coming out of my yoga class one day, and I saw a T-shirt that said “namasté and rosé.” I looked at it, and I thought, “Hmm, interesting.” I’m practicing yoga because I want to cleanse my body. I do hot yoga because I want to release all the toxins from my pores. But I know that alcohol can be toxic, so I wouldn't have put those two together. I also started seeing all of these pictures of cute and funny jokes about moms and alcohol. “Save water, drink wine.” “A banana is 105 calories. A shot of whiskey is 80. You do the math.” “If I ever go missing, I want my picture on a wine bottle instead of a milk carton. That way my friends will know I’m missing.” These are funny, right? But as I started seeing more and more women using alcoho