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Parents more likely than non-parents to turn to alcohol during pandemic, survey finds:
The study, conducted by York University psychology researchers, surveyed Canadians early on in the pandemic and found that the use of alcohol as a coping strategy was highest among parents with young children, in addition to individuals experiencing greater depression and more social disconnection.
[...] Researchers surveyed 320 Canadians who drink alcohol within one month of the initiation of the COVID-19 emergency response using an online crowdsourcing platform. The average age of participants was 32 years old.
[...] The study also found that income loss was associated with increased alcohol consumption early in the pandemic, whereas living alone was associated with increased "solitary drinking behaviour."
[...] York University assistant professor and co-author of the study Jeffrey Wardell said the new research points to the importance of addressing coping-related alcohol use due to COVID-19 but added that more research is needed.
"Using alcohol to cope with distress is a clearly established risk factor for alcohol use disorder," Wardell said in the release. "This is concerning because these alcohol problems could worsen over time, suggesting it may be important to help these individuals find more positive coping strategies rather than using alcohol to cope."
Journal Reference:
Jeffrey D. Wardell, Tyler Kempe, Karli K. Rapinda, et al. Drinking to Cope During COVID‐19 Pandemic: The Role of External and Internal Factors in Coping Motive Pathways to Alcohol Use, Solitary Drinking, and Alcohol Problems, Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research (DOI: 10.1111/acer.14425)
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @12:16PM (1 child)
Wooohooo!
(Score: 1, Redundant) by DannyB on Wednesday September 02 2020, @06:12PM
Question: how can a post be Redundant when it is the first post?
Is there a chemotherapy treatment for excessively low blood alcohol level?
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @12:26PM (1 child)
First, they are defuelling EF.
Second, even the POTUS knows that drinking bleach is the best way to deal with Covid.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @12:34PM
DERP.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by driverless on Wednesday September 02 2020, @12:48PM (2 children)
"I'm the Reason Mommy Drinks" shirts for kids have been around for years. Adding Covid19 to the mix just makes it even more likely.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @01:24PM (1 child)
Indeed, how long has it been that wine mommies have been a stereotype? I'm pretty sure that's why Costco occasionally has those wine glasses that can hold a literal 10 gallons in them. Somehow, it's not real alcoholism if you're drinking rose rather than Jack Daniel's.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 02 2020, @06:14PM
Wine mommies who wear wine glasses will be glad to know that WINE runs on WSL on Windows.
Is there a chemotherapy treatment for excessively low blood alcohol level?
(Score: 5, Funny) by looorg on Wednesday September 02 2020, @01:05PM (1 child)
That is hardly a surprise. If you have to be stuck at home with the kids all day you need something to take the edge away. So you drink. Which might have this tendency to be the basis of how even more kids are created.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 02 2020, @06:19PM
For some peace and quiet, try KidStoned Chewable Valium [youtube.com]
Is there a chemotherapy treatment for excessively low blood alcohol level?
(Score: 4, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday September 02 2020, @01:33PM (1 child)
Isn't Canadian alcohol usage rather correlated with the hockey season?
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2, Funny) by fustakrakich on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:00PM
Really, it's Canada... What do they have to get all "stressed" about? A warm winter? Some people drink because they like to.
The sign said, "Drink Canada Dry!" So I did...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 02 2020, @01:38PM (4 children)
Increased use of alcohol still emits combustion gasses. The future is electric vehicles.
If you don't have kids, you have less need for a large vehicle, and tend to drive less.
Is there a chemotherapy treatment for excessively low blood alcohol level?
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @02:02PM (3 children)
Don't forget to keep a cup-o-mealworms in your EV for your bug snack. It's what Gaia wants.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday September 02 2020, @02:55PM
If you have kids in your EV, then you might not need a cop-o-mealworms.
Is there a chemotherapy treatment for excessively low blood alcohol level?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:55PM (1 child)
The humans need to get the cost of bugs down to the level you'd see on a lizard person city-ship before they have any chance of catching on here. Now those locusts you find on this planet, those have a chance of resembling a good lizard person snack, with the right BBQ sauce. The humans just need to develop the tech to harvest them right out of the sky, and that should bring the price down to a reasonable level while also being a win for agriculture.
The "ur gonna eat bugs" thing is just such right-wing drivel. Nobody is going to eat bugs until the cost is below rice and beans (example given previously by one of the few people here worth reading). The Trumpers are so frightened of monsters under their bed they're getting ready for Kristallnacht 2.0. Just fucking ridiculous and sad.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @07:19PM
Shut up and eat yer feckin' bug ration!
The rest of us are trying to eat.
Pass the Sriracha.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @02:07PM
I think it more likey that people who habitually get drunk are more likely to be parents. :p
(Score: 2) by richtopia on Wednesday September 02 2020, @03:18PM
I don't know of any children, but that doesn't mean I don't have any! And I have definitely been drinking more this year. Will some kid who looks like me show up on my doorstep one day saying "you knew my mother"?
If I sober up now, will that fix this? And what if I switch to weed?
(Score: 2, Disagree) by leon_the_cat on Wednesday September 02 2020, @03:40PM (2 children)
nuff said
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:32PM
But at least with COVID you get to stay home. Trying calling out sick with a hangover...
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Thursday September 03 2020, @12:45PM
No.
Government numbers for UK alcohol related deaths in 2018:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/causesofdeath/bulletins/alcoholrelateddeathsintheunitedkingdom/2018 [ons.gov.uk]
> There were 7,551 deaths registered in the UK in 2018
For coronavirus related deaths:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/ [worldometers.info]
> 41,514
(Last updated 3rd September)
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:01PM (2 children)
So those people that are anchored in place by children all day turn to alcohol as it is one of the few "escapes" that they can find in their own homes?
Shocking, really.
Spoken as a parent that only drinks very occasionally.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @04:33PM
> Spoken as a parent that only drinks very occasionally in the morning
FTFY
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:40PM
Only because the schools have turned kids into narcs. Otherwise, it would probably be other things.
(Score: 2) by Revek on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:05PM (4 children)
I'm a parent with both my teenage son and adult daughter staying with me through the pandemic and I find I drink way less. I have drank less than a case of Guinness since February. I would have said beer but I wanted to be a snob about it.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:17PM (1 child)
Hardly “kids” then.
(Score: 2) by Revek on Wednesday September 02 2020, @10:31PM
I consider 25 year olds kids.
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(Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Wednesday September 02 2020, @09:26PM (1 child)
That's because your kids have either outgrown the shrieking-and-running-around stage, or were disciplined enough to keep it under control when they were little. (I am definitely looking forward to the neighbor's younger grandkids and my nieces moving out of that stage...the shrieking, screaming, whining and crying really gets on my nerves.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @10:35PM
[Citation needed] (grin)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @05:21PM
Dowse the snotslingers in alcohol & set 'em on fire.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by SomeGuy on Wednesday September 02 2020, @09:28PM
New poll idea: Favorite / most effective alcohols to escape this sucky reality.
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2020, @10:25PM
What doth this portend? IRC is infested? Or the eds and the bots have started drinking?