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Quit lit is a literary genre on alcohol cessation, the name can be interpreted as "literature of quiting" or "quit being lit (drunk)". [1] Examples include the Alcoholics Anonymous Big Book, as well as self-help books. Recent books, in particular in partially autobiographic ones focus on women, examples include Wishful Drinking and This Naked Mind.
Quit lit may refer to: Quit lit (academia), a literary genre of autobiographical apologia, issued publicly, when leaving a job or industry, particularly academia;
This bibliography of sobriety books is a list of written and published works about the virtues of abstinence, the titles listed here are limited to self-help and memoir books about recovery from alcohol (known as quit lit) and drug addiction, published by notable authors and publishers.
Quit lit is a literary genre of autobiographical apologia, issued publicly, when leaving a job or industry, particularly the academic field. References.
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According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the tee-in teetotal is the letter T, so it is actually t-total, though it was never spelled that way. [3] The word is first recorded in 1832 in a general sense in an American source, and in 1833 in England in the context of abstinence.
Delirium tremens (DTs; lit. ' mental disturbance with shaking ') is a rapid onset of confusion usually caused by withdrawal from alcohol. [2] When it occurs, it is often three days into the withdrawal symptoms and lasts for two to three days. [2] Physical effects may include shaking, shivering, irregular heart rate, and sweating. [1]
Organizations of the temperance movement have encouraged sobriety as being normative in society. [2] The Woman's Christian Temperance Union disseminates literature on the living a sober lifestyle, [7] while fraternal organisations such as the Independent Order of Rechabites and International Organisation of Good Templars provide a space for teetotalers to socialize.