Diverse Quit Like a Woman: Die radikale Entscheidung, nicht zu trinken

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An unflinching examination of how our drinking culture hurts women and a gorgeous memoir of how one woman healed herself. Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed You don t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either way, it will save your life. Melissa Hartwig Urban, Whole30 co-founder and CEO The founder of the first female-focused recovery program offers a groundbreaking look at alcohol and a radical new path to sobriety. We live in a world obsessed with drinking. We drink at baby showers and work events, brunch and book club, graduations and funerals. Yet no one ever questions alcohol s ubiquity in fact, the only thing ever questioned is why someone doesn t drink. It is a qualifier for belonging and if you don t imbibe, you are considered an anomaly. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Written in a relatable voice that is honest and witty, Quit Like a Woman is at once a groundbreaking look at drinking culture and a road map to cutting out alcohol in order to live our best lives without the crutch of intoxication. You will never look at drinking the same way again.

"Quit Like a Woman" von Holly Whitaker ist ein aufschlussreicher Ratgeber, der sich mit der Rolle von Alkohol in der Gesellschaft und dessen Auswirkungen auf Frauen beschäftigt. Die Autorin, die die erste auf Frauen ausgerichtete Entwöhnungsprogramms ins Leben gerufen hat, bietet eine tiefgehende Analyse der Trinkkultur und deren schädlichen Einfluss auf das Leben von Frauen. Whitaker teilt ihre persönliche Geschichte und beschreibt ihren Weg zur Nüchternheit, während sie gleichzeitig die gesellschaftlichen Normen hinterfragt, die Alkohol als unverzichtbar darstellen. Dieses Buch ist nicht nur eine Aufforderung zur Reflexion über den eigenen Konsum, sondern auch ein kraftvoller Aufruf zur Veränderung. Es ermutigt Frauen, sich von den Fesseln der Trinkkultur zu befreien und einen neuen, gesünderen Lebensstil zu wählen. "Quit Like a Woman" ist ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter für alle, die sich mit den Herausforderungen des Alkoholkonsums auseinandersetzen möchten und nach einem alternativen Weg zur Selbstheilung suchen.