Survey: 50% Of Idaho Adults Booze Through Family Holiday Anxiety

With Christmas Day now roughly seven weeks away, plans are in motion for families to come together despite financial, personality, and political differences. A large percentage of American adults lean heavily on alcohol as a coping mechanism to make it through these gatherings by numbing themselves silly.

Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) said it best when relatives arrived at the door: "I'm going to park the cars and get the luggage; I'll be outside for the season."

Now that we've made it into the final few months of 2024, the holidays are weighing heavily on most of us. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's plans are being set in motion and liquor cabinets are being stocked in preparation. Soon, I will again be watching movies like Four Christmases, A Christmas Story, The Family Stone, Christmas Vacation, Christmas Office Party, White Christmas, and my favorite holiday film, It's A Wonderful Life.

"Every time a bell rings, an angel takes a shot of mezcal."

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Idaho families navigate their way through the same holiday sh%$ shows as the rest of the country. Holiday survey data shared by Caron Transformative Care reveals that 50 percent of adults in the country combat Christmas family unrest with wine, whiskey, beer, and other adult beverages.

Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) said it best when relatives arrived at the door: "I'm going to park the cars and get the luggage; I'll be outside for the season."

Whatever differences we adults have when it comes time for families to get together, just try to remember this holiday is about the happiness of our children. So keep those shot glasses well out of view from them when Aunt Ruth gets on your last nerve.