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Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker
33 reviews
phoebebakerr's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Alcohol
adenwatt's review against another edition
5.0
it took 3.5 or so months to finish this book. i found it so well written and i absolutely loved it, but i was not quite ready to confront or reflect on my drinking in the way this book made me feel. i was not ready to admit that things had gotten out of control. i was not ready to admit that i was an alcoholic or that i was someone who needed to get sober. who couldn’t casually indulge the way everyone else could.
i finished this book in june of ‘23. i gave it back to my cousin. in september my lifelong childhood friend passed away, as a result of his own alcoholism. it scared me enough that i bought my own copy of this book and it’s what helped me get sober.
as the first quitlit book i’ve ever read, this book will always have a special place in my heart. i have reread it several times of the past year - every time my sobriety started to feel shaky again. i recommend it to all of my sober curious friends and i’m so thankful to my cousin for recommending it to me.
Minor: Alcoholism
maryehavens's review against another edition
3.5
I'm not in recovery (I have a hyper interest in alcohol addiction memoirs) so it would be interesting to hear from those that are in recovery and used this book to further that process.
My big takeaways:
1) If you can't enjoy life or an event sober, you need to reevaluate your life.
2) If you are stuck in life, try volunteering or joining a group.
3) Whitaker, while focused on her alcoholism for the book, had a host of other issues. I doubt any addiction is created in a vacuum so take the time to figure out the why of your problem.
Of course, I'm speaking from a place of great privilege and this does not work for everyone. Whitaker got a little....not preachy but just listing all the things that worked for her (while acknowledging that they don't work for everyone) and that was a little monotonous. I could have done without the sexual stuff but it wasn't a book killer.
If you need some reminders of getting out of your life rut, or you have a penchant for alcohol memoirs, I recommend this book. I can't speak to how it helps/does not help one in recovery.
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
Moderate: Sexual content
sejpotsmom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual content, and Alcohol
lucyisabella's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction and Alcoholism
schorlett's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, and Alcohol
Moderate: Vomit and Sexual harassment
Minor: Sexual assault
griernotgruyere's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Alcohol
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, and Sexual assault
desheebasara's review against another edition
4.0
It opened new ways of thinking about healing and finding one’s journey, written in a witty and honest tone.
The minutes long orgasm thing was a weird flex though haha
Graphic: Alcoholism
Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content
madalynn_owens's review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Alcohol
arayo's review against another edition
1.75
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault