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Drinking Makes Me Sexy

3 min readSep 24, 2024

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A woman sitting on the bathroom floor. She is holding a glass of wine and wearing a fur cap and a shirt that says, “Kiss me”.
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As soon as I take the first sip my transformation begins.

One sip is all it takes. One sip and I feel my inhibitions lower. My body starts to come alive with adrenaline. I am no longer a painfully shy housewife and mother. I begin to feel lighter as my anxiety leaves my body.

For a little while, I get to be someone else.

I get to be pretty.

I get to be sensual.

I get to be funny and social.

It is so fun to be all these things I don’t get to be in everyday life. I find it strange I am the only one who likes the transformed me. I am so fun. My friends and family prefer the sober me. They think I am all those wonderful things without the booze.

If only I could see what they see.

One sip is never enough and soon another follows, then another and another. I keep drinking so that I feel prettier and sexier.

I keep drinking until there is nothing more to drink.

That is when I stop and go home. My husband practically carries me out the door because I’m so social and having so much fun.

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S.M. Whiddon
S.M. Whiddon

Written by S.M. Whiddon

a mom, a wife, a chef, and a writer

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