Showing posts with label women DUIs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women DUIs. Show all posts

September 15, 2009

When Will Responsible Drinking Be 'En Vogue'?

At this point, nearly every major news outlet has published the news: women are getting more DUIs and men are getting less.

You can read about it here, here, here, and here.

Each story reaches a different conclusion as to the hows and whys behind this new trend. Los Angeles "mommy blogger" and self-proclaimed recovering alcoholic Stefanie Wilder-Taylor thought like many that she was a part of a new wave of moms asserting their ability to have small kids and still be hip and cool with a cosmopolitan in hand.

It seems that for women a glass of wine is the ultimate accessory and attempts to drink responsibly are passé.

MADD mom Misty Moyse recalled that at one wine-infused party for new parents at the school her children attended, she stood up and asked the group if anyone needed a designated driver.

"Boy, that was a real party killer," she said. I am sure it was. After all, being a responsible drinker is so last year.