GETTING HONEST ABOUT ALCOHOL: In-depth with Quit Like a Woman Author Holly Whitaker

If you’ve been listening to recent episodes of It Sure is a Beautiful Day you know that both Catt and Cait have been discussing their relationships with alcohol. After reading the much talked about New York Times bestseller, “Quit Like a Woman,”  Cait went from being Alcohol’s number one fan to “non-drinker” and hasn’t had a drink in more than two-hundred days. Catt also read the book and has now completely curbed her consumption.

What is the power of this book? Are we being honest about alcohol in current day society? Is there even such a thing as an Alcoholic? Why are labels so dangerous? How do we give people the agency to choose to not-drink without shaming them for their choices or considering said individuals as broken, or weak, or less than?  And why is drinking keeping us from our power as women?

In this powerful conversation the women discuss the answers to these questions and more. Holly Whitaker joins the girls from Rome and also shares about the business she spent years to create -  the online recovery destination: Tempest. They also discuss the parallels between people who struggle with alcohol and people struggling with their mental health; how both are often made to feel powerless in their choices. Yes, they discuss Britney Spears, too.

Make sure to read Quit Like A Woman and learn more about the female focused recovery program Tempest. Let us know your thoughts on all of it! Please, rate and review us as well. AND, if you love the episode make sure to share it. Thank you as always!

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