![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a framework created in the 1930s by upper-middle-class white Protestant men to help people like them overcome addiction. may be the foundation of global recovery, but it wasn’t made with everyone in mind. is not the only effective way to stop drinking, but we’ve been trained to believe that refuting or even questioning it means you’re in denial. In the New York Times Holly wrote, “Participation in A.A. (*No one is.), in her book, a New York Times opinion piece titled “The Patriarchy of Alcoholics Anonymous ”, and in an article in TIME magazine titled Why I Stopped Calling Myself An Alcoholic were also controversial and criticized by members of AA who found their path to sobriety through the program. However Holly’s work, approach and the views she shared starting in 2014 with a piece titled 9 Reasons I’m Not An Alcoholic*. I found Holly’s approach helped me understand how to let go of my nightly bottle of wine habit and find new ways of coping and celebrating through a lens of empowerment and self care, without adopting a label or spending the rest of my life struggling “one day at a time”.Īt the time of the book’s release Holly’s perspective was desperately needed for thousands of women who were struggling with their relationship with alcohol. To break the cycle of addiction, we need to learn to deal with cravings, break old habits, and create new ones.” This means getting our physical health back, finding a good therapist, ending or leaving abusive relationships, learning to reinhabit our bodies, changing our negative thought patterns, building support networks, finding meaning and connecting to something greater than ourselves, and so on. We need to address the root causes that made us turn outside ourselves in the first place. We need to create a life we don’t need to escape. “To properly heal from addiction, we need a holistic approach. ![]() Quit Like A Woman has been described as 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 that will change the way you look at drinking forever. When I was 60 days sober, I signed up for Holly Whitaker’s Hip Sobriety School, an eight week sober coaching group program with tools, resources and lessons from Holly on “how to quit drinking when you think you can’t”.Īnd when Holly’s book, Quit Like A Woman, was released a few years later I read it and how the book made her story, tools, research and holistic approach to sobriety available to a wider audience. Here were two smart and successful women, talking honestly and vulnerably about their drinking, what led them to quit drinking, sobriety, relationships, motherhood and how to navigate our drinking culture alcohol-free. In the days before I stopped drinking, and in my first months alcohol-free, I would take long walks on breaks from work to listen to Holly and Laura McKowen’s HOME podcast.įinding the HOME Podcast made me feel understood and so much less alone. Her work has helped thousands of women walk away from alcohol. Holly Whitaker, author of The New York Times best selling book Quit Like A Woman, The Radical Choice To Not Drink In A Culture Obsessed with Alcohol, was an integral part of my decision to stop drinking and support in early sobriety and I’m not alone. How To Quit Like A Woman with author Holly Whitaker ![]()
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