A sequel to Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop smoking - the guide that helped millions of smokers to quit. She went back to working in broadcasting, and presents her own show on BBC Radio Lancashire, as well as hosting a podcast, Over the Influence, about life alcohol-free.

I don’t mean it was foreseeable the night before in an “Oh, I really shouldn’t have a third glass of wine” way, but rather that, earlier that week, a still, small voice had told me as I reached for the gin that, if I continued normalising drinking like this, sooner or later I would wake up massively hungover and full of regret. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition.Covering all the key points of the method, this step-by-step summary is perfect for use on its own or as companion volume to other Easyway titles. I was that person when I was drinking who was gutted if somebody turned up and they were on antibiotics or they were pregnant.

It appears as though Allen Carr is trying to use the same theory about smoking as he is with drinking ie we only drink because we are addicted to it and that we can't possibly enjoy anything about it which I personally feel is incorrect. This is a great easy book to dip into anywhere whenever you want a 'pep rally' talk, a simple and quick read but packs a powerful punch. There are people that just drink on a weekend, people that have a glass of wine every night, people that are binge drinkers, but they want to change. The benefits that came with that 90-day break have led me to say I will never drink again, and that removing booze from my life has been the best thing I’ve ever done. At one point, Michael started to microdose with magic mushrooms to fill some of what alcohol was doing for him.He used alcohol and cocaine to self-medicate his low self-esteem, lack of confidence, childhood trauma and then a stressful job in finance. For James, who is in his mid-50s, what finally convinced him to ditch the booze was waking up hungover after a workplace Christmas party. She decided on a 90-day challenge, starting on a Monday in 2018, with a raging hangover, on the first day her children were back to school. I would have understood the reasons why I should stop, but I wouldn’t be able to relate to that frame of mind to be able to be free of it. Free from the shackles of my home town, I was more than ready to embrace the bright lights of the student union bar.

I dealt myself the killer blow after the pub closed, in my kitchen with some friends; we drank all my homemade rhubarb gin (cannot recommend) and sloe gin. I have amazed myself and become what I thought I was incapable of being: an occasional, moderate drinker. Conversely, there are some people I rarely see now; our relationship was built around getting drunk. Allen Carr's Easyway method has helped millions of people to quit smoking and other drugs, as well as to stop over-spending and over-eating.My feelings had been building for a while, but would I have voiced them in that way without alcohol? One is life stage: drinking usually starts as a social activity when people are in their teens or 20s. Dublin","country_id":"IE","country":"Ireland","contact":"01 4061770"}],"Naas":[{"location_title":"Naas, Co. Now she can drive to the other side of the city, rather than having to plan how to get back after a drink or – more likely – just remaining near home. They seemed to break the pattern of behaviour and habit, and probably there is a human need, I think, not to get inebriated but to change how you feel about reality.