Reid: Big Alcohol sells women 'connectedness'

As I came into womanhood, and began to define who I was, drinking became intrinsically linked to that self-image. I realized quickly that I could drink more than a lot of the other young women I knew. I didn’t throw up while I was drinking, I didn’t shut myself down as soon as I started to feel drunk. This adult Bailey could drink with the boys, could go all night, could pound beers, could keep up.
I have no idea if I was as sloppy then as I am now, or if that’s just something