Her Best-Kept Secret
Why Women Drink - And How They Can Regain Control
Her Best-Kept Secret investigates the reasons behind the epidemic of female drinking in this country, our strange national history with alcohol, and the many ways in which women can get better if their consumption becomes risky. Her Best-Kept Secret reveals how women are questioning the efficacy - and safety - of the most common prescription for alcohol abuse, Alcoholics Anonymous. Most importantly, it provides clear, hopeful solutions based in the emerging science that is increasingly tailored to women’s bodies and psyches.
MEDIA APPEARANCES
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WNYC
WNYC’s The Takeaway -
NPR On the Media
My conversation with NPR’s Brooke Gladstone on the history of AA in pop culture -
RadioLab
RadioLab’s look at scientific help for addiction -
NPR's All Things Considered
My conversation with Audie Cornish about my Atlantic piece—and its critics -
All In with Chris Hayes
A discussion on All In about my Atlantic findings -
WNYC
WNYC’s On The Media
RECENT WRITINGS
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The New York Times
Don’t Keep Adopted People in the Dark -
The New York Times
America, Can We Talk About Your Drinking? -
The Atlantic
The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous -
The New York Times
An adopted son is found and lost again -
The New York Times
An addictions psychiatrist relies on science, not faith, to treat patients -
The Daily Beast
Some of my stories from the Rio Olympics