Alison (not her real name) was just 14 years old when she first started drinking. “It was part of my life,” she says. “I always had alcohol around me from a young age. It was just accepted.”
While she started off slowly, drinking was encouraged as she grew up and again when she moved into the workplace. ‘Liquid lunches’ became a thing, so did being wined and dined while working away from home.
“It was encouraged – it was part of the whole ethos of doing business,” says Alison, who defines herself as a functional alcoholic.
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