The author tells her efforts to laugh to the jokes of women drinking, but she can't because she knows they "conceal something serious." She tells how easy it is to mothers start drinking gradually more alcohol, because "alcohol was routinely offered at playgroups and toddlers’ birthday parties." Consequently, "[she has] promised [herself] that [she] would never, ever be like [her] own mother," so she frequently tries to conceal herself from drunkness. However, "there are plenty of times [she's] been a whole lot like [her] mom," and she felt guilty. Due to her condition of a child "with an alcoholic parent, [her] risk of addiction goes up fourfold." Also, the motherhood disappointments increases the power of the whispering alcohol. The author tells her mother's experience, "who attempted suicide," but "has been sober for more than 25 years."
The article is organized in a definition style. Constituted by small anecdotes, pathos and references from books, tweets, etc. The author makes a good use of sources to prove her point, because, although being less credible, they are written from women whose mothers have been alcoholics, which does not only prove that what she writes is true, but also that she's not the only one suffering from alcoholism. When she says women are "are at a disadvantage, biologically speaking" the author uses a quote to explain her previous claims, but doesn't justify that women are biologically disadvantaged. She uses paralellism on "who missed school functions. Who attempted suicide." She uses a small amount of questions, strenghtening her claim to the reason mothers "begin [their] descent to the bottom of the bottle."
http://www.salon.com/2013/11/24/when_mommy_needs_a_drink_isnt_funny_anymore/
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