Jokes have been a plenty on social media about the increase in alcohol consumption brought about by the lockdown measures.

Some clever social media people even invented the quarantine cocktail, aptly named the ‘Quarantini’.

While the jesting nature of these memes can incite a giggle, an epidemic of arguably equal force to COVID-19 is continuing to brew.

I say continuing, because these problems existed in our homes long before COVID-19. Social distancing and isolation have simply exacerbated an already existing epidemic.¹