Drink : the intimate relationship between women and alcohol / Ann Dowsett Johnston.

Includes bibliographical references.

Pt. 1: Singing backwards -- The monkey diary : the beginning of the end -- Out of Africa : a family unravels -- You've come the wrong way, baby : closing the gender gap on risky drinking -- The future is pink : the alcohol industry takes aim at the female consumer -- The age of vulnerability : the consequences of drinking young -- Binge : the campus drinking culture -- Pt. 2: On the edge of the Big Lonely -- Searching for the off button : drinking to forget, drinking to numb -- Self-medication : mood disorders and alcohol, a seductive combination -- Romancing the glass : a slim stem of liquid swagger -- The modern woman's steroid : popping the cork on mother's little helper -- The last taboo : drinking and pregnancy -- The daughters' stories : growing up with an alcoholic mother -- Pt. 3: Healing -- In which everything changes : getting sober, staying sober -- Breaking the trauma cycle : the mother-arid-child reunion -- Something in the water : shaping a strong public health strategy -- Wrestling with the God thing : spirituality and sobriety -- Stigma : a call to action -- Becoming whole : in which I recover my self.

Explores the rise in alcohol consumption and abuse among women in recent years. Covers health risks, marketing, current trends and sociological underpinnings of this new epidemic.