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Many women will be able to relate to Brenda Wilhelmson's story. She was mom, wife and employee trying to do everything perfectly, but in reality she was over-worked, stressed-out, lonely and feeling like she wasn't doing any of it well. So, she turned to drinking. One glass of wine turned to two or three each night, and things just escalated from there until, one day, she realized she was a full-blown alcoholic--with a child in the next room. After nearly 10 years of this "hellish existence" Wilhelmson's journey was captured in her book, Diary of an Alcoholic Housewife. In honor of Alcohol Awareness Month, we talked with Brenda, who, among other things, says that her battle with drinking made her realize the unhealthy strive for perfection that so many moms have today. More »Post from: Blisstree