Books Quit Like A Woman

"Quit Like a Woman" by Holly Whitaker is a memoir and cultural critique about alcohol addiction, particularly focusing on women and how societal drinking norms impact their lives. Whitaker shares her personal journey from addiction to sobriety, revealing how the drinking culture has disempowered women and how traditional recovery programs often fail to address women's specific needs. She argues that alcohol is toxic and addictive for everyone, not just those labeled as alcoholics, exposing the false narrative that some can control it when many cannot. The book proposes a women-centered approach to recovery that emphasizes self-trust, self-advocacy, self-care, and healing from trauma rather than surrendering to patriarchal recovery models.