Hi, my name is Holly and I'm not an alcoholic* (*because there is no such thing)

9 reasons to stop using the words Alcoholic and Alcoholism

I first published this on my old blog, hipsobriety.com (now defunct but you can find some of the old posts in the archives here on Substack), in December 2014. This list was updated and expanded upon in Chapter 4 of my book, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol.