A review by thespinystacks
Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in A Culture Obsessed with Alcohol by Holly Whitaker

challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

3.0

I can appreciate what the purpose of this book is, and it has many many great points. However, I found it difficult to reconcile the author talking about overcoming her many, many battles ( very admirable) with addictions of different natures, while also using Wikipedia as a source, and terms like “fingerbanging”. Maybe it was her attempt to remain a woman of the people, I’m not sure, but it was a source of a disconnect for me.

I found the book jumped between a sort of in your face retelling of the Author’s story, littered with random quotes and occasional statistics.

Where it resonated for me, was in the beginning and the comparisons between cigarette culture, and modern day drinking culture. These parallels were great. Also the lessons towards the end, regarding friendships, routines, and adjustment. 

All in all, there is a toxic drinking culture, yes, and we need to educate ourselves around it.
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