REVIEW: DID NOT FINISH. WILL NOT FINISH. AND THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.

DID NOT FINISH. WILL NOT FINISH. AND THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.

I am someone who like with people, I give books as many chances to redeem themselves as possible. I try to read a book to the end, hoping that there will be something positive that I can take from it. However, since my TBR is forever growing, I am starting to be better about stopping when a book persists in frustrating me. So, with that said, in the first month of 2020, I have my first DNF (Did Not Finish).
The book is Quit Like A Woman  by Holly Whitaker. (Ironic, I know.)

The author, well I believe is will intentioned, but ultimately completely missed the mark for me. I understand that I may not be her target audience (Goop loving & trending yoga attending with money to spare), but I went in with an open mind, and I tried to keep an open mind, even as she got ranty and quite dismissive of what didn't work for her, but works for millions of other people. She did have sparse moments of clarity and insight, I will give her that, and honestly those bits were what kept me reading for as long as I did. But ultimately, the information that I found most interesting, she openly admits that she got from another book; Never Enough by Judith Grisel.

Judith Grisel, like Holly Whitaker writes from experience. Of going down that dark and gritty road of  addiction, and ultimately being able to find a way back up and into a life of sobriety. Both of the authors have since made careers from their experiences. Where Holly Whitaker has made... a self-help/ lifestyle web community, Judith Grisel went down the academic route. Grisel, currently a professor of psychology at Bucknell University, has a PhD in Neuroscience. World-renowned, her focus is on how addiction effects and changes how the brain works. She goes into detail, in a very accessible way, about this in Never Enough.  I own a copy of this book, and I found it fascinating. 

So, at the beginning and end of the day, I recommend skipping Quit Like A Woman, and read Never Enough instead.

...Maybe I am just late to the game on this, but I am starting to notice a significant increase in books that are being released, with marketing support behind them, on sobriety.
For some people, sobriety is a choice, for other's a necessity. As someone who has multiple important people in my life for which it is a necessity, I picked up the these books to learn, and better understand. I am looking to grow and expand and become a better and more empathetic human being.

Also, Neuroscience is just kind of mind blowing.

LINKS FOR NEVER ENOUGH:
Buy The Physical Book!
Read The E-Book!
Listen To The Audiobook!


LINKS FOR QUIT LIKE A WOMAN:
Buy The Physical Book.
Read The E-Book.
Listen To The Audiobook.
Pay $550+ for her 8 week version of AA Meets Goop.
Again, I recommend spending the $$$ on other books instead.
(P.S. AA is free.)


(taken from post: What A Start To 2020)