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Susan Hodgson
I’m an Irish expat, living just outside Paris with my French husband and three crazy kids. Growing up I was very shy. I felt like I didn’t really fit in. In my teens, I discovered that drinking meant I could step out of my shyness and be like everyone else. I loved languages, and with a sense of adventure, I travelled around, eventually settling in Paris. All along the way, no matter what the culture, the one culture I could always fit in with was the drinking culture!
And when I started doing all the grown-up things - career, mortgage, kids - in a foreign country, where I was never quite sure if I was getting it all right, I drank to relax, to cope with my stress and take the edge off my day.