The Cut - When Girl Power Meets Sobriety

Holly Whitaker, author of the 2019 New York Times best seller Quit Like a Woman, compares the moment she realized that a life without alcohol was possible to entering the Matrix. Whitaker has never been comfortable with the term alcoholic and didn’t necessarily drink to the extent we imagine many alcoholics do. She drank a lot — sometimes more than a bottle of wine a night — but not enough, she thought, that it was a problem. Sure, she needed to learn how to moderate, but she wasn’t the sort of person for whom abstinence was necessary. “I really never loved alcohol,” she tells me, but “it didn’t even occur to me that I could quit drinking. I just had to control it better.”

This amazing dog saved her human by leading police to the scene of his car crash. What have you done so far this year, huh? Anyways, a ProPublica/Washington Post analysis provides the clearest evidence yet that Facebook played a central role in the January 6 riot. Over the past week, more than one in 100 Americans have tested positive for COVID-19, with 95 percent of cases caused by the Omicron variant. New York City mayor Eric Adams’s new jails boss is replacing the department’s head of investigations, who tackled thousands of backlogged use-of-force cases — that doesn’t bode well for reform. A 90 Day Fiancé star made $50K a week selling her farts in jars until it made her sick enough to land in the hospital. Say good-bye to GMOs: The new term for foods created with a boost from science is bioengineered. And if you’re in need of a little midweek pick-me-up, here’s a belated Happy New Year boop from the Oregon Zoo and one from all the good boys and girls at We Rate Dogs.

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