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How (Peri)menopause Forces You to Reevaluate Your Relationship with Alcohol
The question isā¦.WHICH Elizabeth are you?
Are you Elizabeth fromĀ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Ā where menopause + alcohol finds you in a verbal knife fight with a poor professorial Richard Burton? Is it just liquid danger? OrĀ are you Elizabeth from Cleopatra? Multi-hyphenate empress supreme?
Fellow Empresses,
This one's a doozy becauseā¦ I grew up in a vineyard and I think wine is delightful as hell (lol), but when it came to perimenopause and menopause with alcohol and hormonal shifts, I became the former. And turns out, Iām not alone. What also happens... is you have a glass of wine at 8:30 and you fall fast asleep only to find yourself WIDE awake at 3:00 AM, after which you fall back asleep again, and then wake up at 6:00 AM feeling HORRIBLE, and it's the worst because then your day is already kaput.
So, we have some options this week for changing the way you drink to help you take the edge off a long day while still feeling celebratory. Alors, without further ado...
The first one isĀ Zenify.Ā ZenifyĀ is an all-natural stress-relief drink that tastes like Fresca. Remember Fresca? This is SO MUCH BETTER.Ā ZenifyĀ is sparkling water infused with B vitamins, glycine, l-theanine, GABA, Magnesium, and a bunch of other antioxidants to help you relax. It doesn't make you drowsy, it just really chills you out. It's 50 calories per can, but thereĀ isĀ a zero-sugar version if you are concerned on that front. Bottom line, it's simply the most pleasant drinking experience. There's no THC or CBD in it so it doesn't make you high or loopy in any way. You just feel nicely un-anxious... and Zenāas promised. I liked it much better thanĀ Recessāa CBD-based competitor without GABA but with more flavor selections. I think it may just be that my menopausal brain really digs GABA and Glycine, what can I say?
Next up, if youāre more of a tea person, TĆST ROSĆ is an all-natural, delicious, dry, sparkling, alcohol-free beverage made of white tea, Ginger, and Elderberry. The regular TĆST isn't overly sweet. When you open a bottle, you're greeted by a subtle effervescence and hints of crisp citrus with a refreshingly dry finish. Only kickerā¦ a tiny amount of caffeine: 3.5 MGs per 8-ounce serving, if thatās something youāre trying to avoid. Otherwise, itās lovelyā¦
The next one is for when you feel the need to celebrate properly.Ā French BloomĀ is an exquisite option. Most non-alcoholic sparkling wines are completely undrinkable because they are sweet enough to crack your teeth. SomehowĀ French Bloom,Ā the brainchild of Maggie Frerejean-Taittinger and Constance Jablonski, has managed to figure out the formula for a beautiful organic, non-alcoholic champagne and rose champagne that tastes like the real deal. And it's the kind of thing that restaurants and luxury hotels are now quickly adopting for those of us who don't feel like waking up with a headache or dealing with the 3:00 AM wake-up call that alcohol now brings once you hit perimenopause. If a restaurant doesn't carry it and you bring it with you, chances are they won't even charge you a corkage fee because they're so happy to discover it as so many people in our demo are stopping drinking. Feel free to offer the sommelier a flute, which should get you off the hook.
The last one is the most delightful and mocktail-ish of them all, and it comes from an amazing perimenopause wellness company called WILE, backed by Serena Ventures. It's an herbal tincture calledĀ Un-AngerĀ and you can take in your purse and mix it with almost anything. Magic, right?
I like it with grapefruit juice or blood-orange soda, but here's their recipe for a most excellent spritzer to hopefully ward off ever becoming Elizabeth Taylor fromĀ Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Ā It definitely wins for the concoction of the week... The Mellow Mule:
š Ginger Beer (I used a low-sugar option, but any will work!) ā
š Grapefruit Juiceā
š Un-Anger Tincture from Wileā
š Squeeze of Orangeā
š Mix together and add Iceā
š Orange Slice for Garnishā
Ok, thatās the skinny this week. Stay tuned for our next series on Menopause and Money. You wonāt want to miss itāsome excellent strategies and products we should ALL be considering as we continue on into the Empress Age. Until next time.
Yours in Grandeur,
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