Table of Contents
 
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
 
PART 1 GIRLHOOD - CANDY IS DANDY, BUT LIQUOR IS QUICKER
EIGHT WRECKED CARS AND ONE THAT GOT AWAY - PAM HOUSTON
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RUM-SOAKED - LEAH ODZE EPSTEIN
FOREVER THIRTEEN - SUSAN HENDERSON
LIVING THE DRY LIFE, ON CAMPUS - ANNA KLENKE
MY FLASK - PRISCILLA WARNER
 
PART 2 RELATIONSHIPS - HERE’S TO US!
THE DAYS OF WINE AND SELTZER - BY ELISSA SCHAPPELL
MY FIRST SOBER KISS - ADRIENNE EDENBURN-MACQUEEN
THE SWEET SMELL OF EXCESS - SARI BOTTON
IT. MUST. BE. - BECKY SHERRICK HARKS
RUNNER’S HIGH - EVA TENUTO
 
PART 3 CULTURE - FROM BAILEYS TO MANISCHEWITZ
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS SLUR GIRLS - LAURIE LINDEEN
MAN-O-MANISCHEWITZ! - DAPHNE MERKIN
VENI, VIDI, BIBI (I CAME, I SAW, I DRANK) - HELENE STAPINSKI
A CHINESE AMERICAN GIRL: DRINKING FROM EAST TO WEST - EMMA KATE TSAI
MOTHER OF ALL SINS - ASRA Q. NOMANI
Good Girl Beer
The Mother of Every Evil
Rivers of Wine
Drunk with Power
So What?
 
PART 4 FAMILY - DRINKING THE KOOL-AID
MY FATHER, MY BEER BUDDY - ANN HOOD
KIDS, THANK YOU FOR POT SMOKING - JACQUELYN MITCHARD
MY FOREIGN LEGACY - CAREN OSTEN GERSZBERG
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTER? - LIZA MONROY
UNDER THE INFLUENCE - JOYCE MAYNARD
SLAKE - SAMANTHA DUNN
MOM DRANK TOO MUCH.
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL? LESSONS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS - LAURA JOFRE
 
PART 5 REVELATIONS - TOO MUCH IS BARELY ENOUGH
HALF PAST SIX - KATHRYN HARRISON
THE BABY SHOWER - LIANNE STOKES
THE SLIP - ANN LEARY
“MY NAME IS AMY F.” - AMY FERRIS
THE ROOT CELLAR - RITA WILLIAMS
DRINKING AS GENUINE VOCATION - JANE FRIEDMAN
 
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