Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain

Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain Control

â€œGlaser has written an engaging account of women and drink, citing fascinating studies about modern stressorsâ€¦and evidence that some problem drinkers can learn moderationâ€¦.Bound to stir controversyâ€ (People).

In Her Best-Kept Secret, journalist Gabrielle Glaser uncovers a hidden-in-plain-sight drinking epidemic. Using â€œinvestigative rigor and thoughtful analysisâ€ (The Boston Globe), Glaser is the first to document that American women are drinking more often than ever and in ever-larger quantities in this â€œsubstantial book, interested in hard facts and nuance rather than hand-wringingâ€ (The New York Times Book Review). She shows that contrary to the impression offered on reality TV, young women alone arenâ€™t driving these statisticsâ€”their moms and grandmothers are, too. But Glaser doesnâ€™t wag a finger. Instead, in a funny and tender voice, Glaser looks at the roots of the problem, explores the strange history of women and alcohol in America, drills into the emerging and counterintuitive science about that relationship, and asks: Are women getting the help they need? Is it possible to return from beyond the sipping point and develop a healthy relationship with the bottle?

Glaser reveals that, for many women, joining Alcoholics Anonymous is not the answerâ€”it is part of the problem. She shows that as scientists and health professionals learn more about womenâ€™s particular reactions to alcohol, they are coming up with new and more effective approaches to excessive drinking. In that sense, Glaser offers modern solutions to a very modern problem.
Country USA
Manufacturer Simon & Schuster
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-07-02
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-07-02
Format	Kindle eBook

Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink-And How They Can Regain Control

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