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The Queen Mother was known to be a heavy social drinker, and a lack of knowledge about the condition at the time would have meant she would not have been warned about drinking during pregnancy.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Aug. 2025
The Queen Mother was known to be a heavy social drinker, and fetal alcohol syndrome was not identified until 1973, creating conjecture that she would not have been advised against drinking while pregnant.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 30 July 2025
Khalid did admit to smoking marijuana and being a social drinker.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Surely these parents don’t imagine that their son will enter the binge-drinking atmosphere of the typical college campus limiting his own excess due to the sophistication he’s acquired by being a social drinker at home.
—Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Aug. 2025
The Queen Mother was known to be a heavy social drinker, and fetal alcohol syndrome was not identified until 1973, creating conjecture that she would not have been advised against drinking while pregnant.
—Janine Henni, People.com, 30 July 2025
Khalid did admit to smoking marijuana and being a social drinker.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 26 Nov. 2024
Surely these parents don’t imagine that their son will enter the binge-drinking atmosphere of the typical college campus limiting his own excess due to the sophistication he’s acquired by being a social drinker at home.
—Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2023
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“Social drinker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/social%20drinker. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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