Full Description
Women Who Drink addresses the growing public health crisis of alcohol use, overuse, and abuse among American women. Although women drink less alcohol than do men, the gender gap is rapidly closing. The question is, what aspects of women's lives have changed such that they drink more alcohol? Author Susan D. Stewart has interviewed over 600 women of all ethnicities and income levels to provide answers to that question. This book also explores the effects of alcohol use by women on their marriage, family, and work, and concludes with a groundbreaking chapter on the future implications if the percentages of women drinking continue to increase.
Contents
Chapter One: Why are Women Drinking So Much?
Chapter Two: What, Where, When and Why and With Whom are Women Drinking
Chapter Three: Alcohol and Identity
Chapter Four: Alcohol and the Lifecourse
Chapter Five: Work and Family
Chapter Six: Intimate Relationships
Chapter Seven: Women Who Have Stopped Drinking
Chapter Eight: Where Do We Go From Here?
