Her resultant feminine-centric recovery program focuses on getting at the root causes that lead people to overindulge and provides the tools necessary to break the cycle of addiction, showing us what is possible when we remove alcohol and destroy our belief system around it. When Holly found an alternate way out of her own addiction, she felt a calling to create a sober community with resources for anyone questioning their relationship with drinking, so that they might find their way as well. 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. Either way, it will save your life.”-Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO “You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Honest, witty and trenchant, Quit Like a Woman is at once a ground-breaking look at drinking culture, a call to arms, and a celebration of learning how to claim everything life has to offer.The founder of a female-focused recovery program offers a radical new path to sobriety. Urging drinkers towards a newfound humility is great if you're a man, but if you're a woman and not in a position to renounce privileges you never had, a whole other approach is needed. When Holly Whitaker started to look for a way to recover, the support systems she found for recovery where archaic and patriarchal. As a society, we are obsessed with health and wellness, yet we uphold alcohol as some sort of magic elixir. In fact, the only thing ever questioned is why people don't drink. Yet no one ever questions alcohol's ubiquity. We drink at work events, lunches, book clubs and weddings. *The book that inspired Chrissy Teigen and Sex and The City's Miranda to quit drinking* _ 'An incredible read' - Chrissy Teigen 'Has the power to change your relationship with your entire life' - Glennon Doyle 'This thoughtful, moving book will help a lot of people get to a healthier place' - Johann Hari _ We live in a world obsessed with drinking.
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