![]() Fueled by her own emerging feminism, she also realized that the predominant systems of recovery are archaic, patriarchal, and ineffective for the unique needs of women and other historically oppressed people-who don’t need to lose their egos and surrender to a male concept of God, as the tenets of Alcoholics Anonymous state, but who need to cultivate a deeper understanding of their own identities and take control of their lives. What’s more, she could not ignore the ways that alcohol companies were targeting women, just as the tobacco industry had successfully done generations before. When Holly Whitaker decided to seek help after one too many benders, she embarked on a journey that led not only to her own sobriety, but revealed the insidious role alcohol plays in our society and in the lives of women in particular. ![]() As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some kind of magic elixir, though it is anything but. It is a qualifier for belonging and if you don’t imbibe, you are considered an anomaly. Yet no one ever questions alcohol’s ubiquity-in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn’t drink. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. We live in a world obsessed with drinking. Holly Whitaker dives into alcohol and sobriety as a feminist issue, telling her own story of her recovery and experiences through the process of figuring out what works for her while realizing the male-centric scructures of AA (Note: Whitaker is the founder and CEO of Tempest, a human-centered, personal recovery program tailored to the unique needs of women and other historically underrepresented folks in recovery) This self help-memoir is a national bestseller for a reason. Holly Whitaker holding a copy of Quit Like A WomanĮven if you have no intentions to quit drinking right now, this book is seriously worth a read! There is a lot to be said about the effects alcohol has on us and the things we tend to not even bat an eye at because our society is drenched in booze.
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