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Super Moms High on Drugs: Motherhood and Addiction
Super moms, Alpha Moms, the ladies who bake cookies for Billy’s class at 3AM have a little helper. And it’s not a cocktail. It’s meth. Need energy and help with weight loss? Meth is the drug for you. Of course the drug is illegal and there are also sizable risks associated with using (jail time, meth mouth, kids taken away). Still, you won’t believe how much stuff you’ll get done!
Seriously. What gives with the pressure on mothers to be perfect (or at least thin with a clean house, pretty kids, and a successful career and marriage)??
If ever there were a recipe for addiction it is surely the pressure to keep up appearances. Even though most women won’t turn to meth or heroine or cocaine to get through the day, plenty drink too much. And if you’re so stressed out that you have to numb yourself to get through, does it matter what tool you use? Something terrible is going on underneath the Stepford veneer of competi-mommying. If mothers have to get high (or drunk or stoned) to get Alpha or get “good” then maybe the endeavor of motherhood as currently constructed is untenable.
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Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amNothing good ever happens when you attempt to cram your messy life into an ideal that belongs only in movies. You don’t have to do meth to be completely miserable – all you need to do is buy into the notion that perfection in everyday life can be achieved.
karenrani commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amSeriously. Mothers have the toughest gig going, and are the most often criticized. We need to learn to say no to everything superficial and start saying yes to ourselves. The quickest way to do that is to be real with our real friends and stop trying to impress. It’s ridiculous! Those women who do criticize are lonely and sad inside too.
Helping each other out should be a high priority too. We’re too quick with our sharp tongues and lack the initiative to extend help or even just a shoulder to cry on. Our kids could learn a lot from us if we switched things around.
It all starts with being strong enough to say, “I could care less what anyone thinks of me.” It isn’t always easy, but trust me, it works.
Anonymous commented on Jan 01 70 at 12:00 amThat article is an incredibly sad commentary on the pressures women face.
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