Adam Levy 00:00
Hello, I’m Adam Levy, and this is Off Limits: Academia’s Taboos, a podcast from Nature Careers.
In this episode: alcohol.
Alcohol and academia have a complex relationship. On the one hand, in many countries and contexts, consuming alcohol is incredibly normalized.
In fact, as we heard in last week’s episode, people who don’t drink for religious reasons can struggle to find social spaces in academia that don’t centre around drinking.
And so it’s perhaps unsurprising that many academics can struggle with alcohol dependency.
But while alcohol consumption may be the norm, coming to terms with and openly discussing harmful relationships with the substance remain incredibly taboo.
And today we’ll meet with two academics who’ve not only struggled with alcohol but also with sharing this struggle with others.
But both have found ways to transform both their lives and their work, to reflect their recoveries.
The first is Wendy Dossett. Wendy is a professor emeritus of religious studies at the University of Chester in the UK.
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