These cases still seem extreme to me, a social drinker looking for different ways to consider my alcohol use in pursuit of health and moderation. However, the majority of women in the book (including the author) grew up with alcoholics, started drinking in their early teens or earlier, and had a lot of predispositions to the disease. She kind of has a scared-straight approach, detailing stories of women who got sober young before their drinking led to huge consequences (but still significant ones). She is skeptical of anti-depressants and what she calls "PhD approaches" to addiction. The author is adamant that no other addiction program besides the 12 steps of Al-Anon will work and that moderation is not an option for alcoholics (which makes total sense). Maybe this is the author's intention- lure women in who think "I just need to make a few changes" who then, through reading this book, can recognize that they do indeed struggle with addiction and need to get sober. Instead I got some straight-talk, no-bullshit admonitions to start a 12-step program immediately, even if I don't think I have a drinking problem. I was looking for some analysis of the societal pressure surrounding women and alcohol and the unique issues women face with alcohol use. I was looking for what the subtitle promises: strategies for making mindful choices in a drinking culture. I was looking for the book version of this article (. So many conflicting thoughts about this book.
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