It's no secret that many moms drink. We settle down after the kids go to bed and enjoy a glass of wine (or two) or we go out with our girlfriends or enjoy a drink with dinner. We joke on Twitter and Facebook asking if it's wine o'clock. We ask if it's cocktail hour. I get it. I love my glass of wine in the evenings.
But this? Holy Hannah. I don't know how I stumbled across it but stumble I did.
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It's an app (or you can do it on your computer) that shows you how drinking will age you depending on how much you drink per week. The app isn't supposed to stop people from drinking but to make them more aware so they cut back.
The results weren't pretty. I did it with a few pictures and if I drink 10+ glasses of alcohol a week, none of the results are good. My skin looked ruddy, bags under my eyes were deeper and larger, wrinkles were more pronounced, and of course there was weight gain because alcohol is all empty calories made from mostly sugar.
This is regular me:
This is me drinking 1 to 5 drinks per week:
6 to 10 drinks per week:
And finally, 10+ drinks a week:
Here's another shot of me not drinking:
And 10+ drinks a week:
What do you think? If you drink a glass of wine or two every day, would this persuade you to cut back?
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