Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol - Tapa dura

"In this comprehensively researched and insightful book, Ann Dowsett Johnston chronicles her own destructive dance with alcohol, her recovery and explores disturbing trends in contemporary women's relationship to alcohol. A crucially important book for anyone interested in women's health and addiction issues."--Susan Juby, author of Nice Recovery

"wallop of a book... full of riveting candor...Johnston brings the weight of her journalism and academic experience to build a convincing case that women are increasingly succumbing to the dark side of alcohol"--Washington Post

In this comprehensively researched and insightful book, Ann Dowsett Johnston chronicles her own destructive dance with alcohol, her recovery and explores disturbing trends in contemporary women s relationship to alcohol. A crucially important book for anyone interested in women s health and addiction issues. --Susan Juby, author of Nice Recovery"

Drink is a gift to women, to parents, and to all who want to understand the experience of alcoholism. The writing is gripping and vivid, the voice personal, the research exacting, the stories revealing if sometimes heartbreaking, the conclusions essential. A triumphant life, a triumphant book. --Gabor Mat? M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction"

A game-changing look at one of our culture s hidden problems . . . honest, brave and inspirational. --Margaret Trudeau, author of "Changing My Mind""

A powerful and important book about the increase in alcoholism and binge-drinking among women, and about our willful blindness to the damages of drinking in our culture. --Susan Cheever, author of "My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson-His Life, and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous""

wallop of a book full of riveting candor Johnston brings the weight of her journalism and academic experience to build a convincing case that women are increasingly succumbing to the dark side of alcohol --Washington Post"

"A game-changing look at one of our culture's hidden problems . . . honest, brave and inspirational."--Margaret Trudeau, author of Changing My Mind

"A powerful and important book about the increase in alcoholism and binge-drinking among women, and about our willful blindness to the damages of drinking in our culture."--Susan Cheever, author of My Name Is Bill: Bill Wilson-His Life, and the Creation of Alcoholics Anonymous

"Drink is a gift to women, to parents, and to all who want to understand the experience of alcoholism. The writing is gripping and vivid, the voice personal, the research exacting, the stories revealing if sometimes heartbreaking, the conclusions essential. A triumphant life, a triumphant book."--Gabor Mate M.D., author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction