After my son was born, I became friendly with a group of women from my Mommy & Me group. We began hosting our own weekly play-dates with our children. One day, my friend Lisa had a brilliant idea: “Let’s all hang out at my house on Tuesday afternoon and everyone can bring a different bottle [...]

I recently was assigned to do a piece of service-journalism work for Momlogic- a brief resource guide for moms who may have a problem with drugs and alcohol. I have decided to post this here as well. If anyone has any specific questions or concerns, please email me confidentially at jenginsberg1@gmail.com.

ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION: A RESOURCE GUIDE [...]

ILLNESS: (n) Poor health resulting from disease of body or mind; sickness
After my Diane Schuler article was published, I received over 50 heated comments and several impassioned emails, mostly from people who lives have been touched by the devastating blow of alcoholism and addiction.
Referring to alcoholism and addiction as “illnesses” rather than “moral failings” feels intuitively [...]

My most recent article about Diane Schuler is being featured on Momlogic. In this piece, I explore the issues of alcoholism and addiction in terms of morality versus illness.
Please read it and let me know what you think!
http://www.momlogic.com/2009/08/diane_schuler_was_not_a_bad_mom_alcoholism.php