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Johnston, Ann Dowsett.
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Women -- Alcohol use.
Women alcoholics.
Women alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
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Drink : the intimate...
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Drink : the intimate relationship between women and alcohol / Ann Dowsett Johnston.
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Johnston, Ann Dowsett.
New York, NY : Harper Wave, c2013.
Subjects
Women -- Alcohol use.
Women alcoholics.
Women alcoholics -- Rehabilitation.
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ISBN:
9780062241795 (hardback) :
0062241796 (hardback)
Description:
305 pages ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Pt. 1: Singing backwards -- The monkey diary : the beginning of the end -- Out of Africa : a family unravels -- You've come the wrong way, baby : closing the gender gap on risky drinking -- The future is pink : the alcohol industry takes aim at the female consumer -- The age of vulnerability : the consequences of drinking young -- Binge : the campus drinking culture -- Pt. 2: On the edge of the Big Lonely -- Searching for the off button : drinking to forget, drinking to numb -- Self-medication : mood disorders and alcohol, a seductive combination -- Romancing the glass : a slim stem of liquid swagger -- The modern woman's steroid : popping the cork on mother's little helper -- The last taboo : drinking and pregnancy -- The daughters' stories : growing up with an alcoholic mother -- Pt. 3: Healing -- In which everything changes : getting sober, staying sober -- Breaking the trauma cycle : the mother-arid-child reunion -- Something in the water : shaping a strong public health strategy -- Wrestling with the God thing : spirituality and sobriety -- Stigma : a call to action -- Becoming whole : in which I recover my self.
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"An exploration of the rise in alcohol consumption and abuse among women in recent years. Drink covers health risks, marketing, current trends and sociological underpinnings of this new epidemic. The author beautifully weaves reportage with her personal recovery story into a compelling and informative narrative addressing one of the most pressing issues for women today"--
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Hawaii State Library
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