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More Moms Are Turning To Alcohol After Kids Are In Bed
ResumeA National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration report shows the number of women arrested for drunk driving increased by 30% between 1998 and 2007. Many of these women are mothers who are largely keeping their addictions a secret while they lead functional lives and hold down day jobs. Pulitzer Prize-winning St. Petersburg Times writer Lane DeGregory wrote about addicted mothers in her Working Mother magazine article, "Addicted Moms: Everybody Knows Somebody."
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This segment aired on November 9, 2010.