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Do not take any supplements listed here without consulting your doctor or other healthcare professional. Thank God I found your program. I get it. On the day I started the book, I embraced your approach and now am able I look at alcohol in a new light. Some never drank because of religious or personal convictions…the list goes on, but the biggest takeaway is more people do not drink than we realize!
This extended withdrawal period is exactly why you cannot safely have ‘just one drink’. That one drink is the reason why 95% of people trying to quit with ‘will-power’ fail. Just one drink? He demanded I stop drinking all alcohol completely, stop cooking with it, stop having wine at dinner in restaurants, stop it all completely or he’s filing for divorce. For 20 years he struggled to control his drinking, all the time refusing to label himself an alcoholic because he didn't believe he met the stereotypical image that the word portrayed. He tried countless ways to cut down; attempting ‘dry months’, banning himself from drinking spirits, only drinking at the weekend and special occasions (and found that it is amazing how even the smallest of event can suddenly become ‘special’). In addition, Craig's formal training and certifications provide him with the knowledge and skills to develop effective strategies and techniques for addiction recovery. The Stop Drinking Expert approach to alcohol addiction uses a unique combination of CBT techniques and NLP reframing. For the last 18 years, my drinking went from occasionally (after my son and daughter were born) to daily. Oh I could go a few days, even a few weeks when I had too, but it was always there in my head.That's what's so great. The basic principle that there is no good reason or need to ingest alcohol. It's been ingrained in our belief systems since we were children and its a tremendous money making industry. I will not be influenced by the drug pushers of alcohol any longer. I knew I had a problem, I knew I was getting out of control and had lost control so many, many times in the last 30 odd years that I wanted it gone. However, I could not stop, I could not agree with what I knew in my heart was killing me. No I didn’t! I actually would never touch wine until after I got married because my mother threw up all over me when I was a teenager red, red, red wine! Looked like blood. Smelled horrific! Once I started drinking alcohol, I felt like I opened a new door of “coolness” and acceptance that I had been missing out on. I could now go to that party and feel comfortable because I knew I could fit in with a drink in hand. Surely I had hit a new level of acceptance with really popular kids. Once I went to college, drinking became a whole new monster, but I was already seasoned from high school and ready for the challenge. Maybe the alcohol was at fault, maybe not, it doesn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things. They happened.
His brother, my grandfather, never found that freedom and ultimately killed himself driving off a mountain drunk. I don’t know when my mother started drinking, but I imagine it was pretty young. I do know of stories from my father he started in his late teens. This lie, that I can stop when I want, empowers me everyday now. Instead of stopping, I remind myself everyday, for the past 3 plus years, that I choose not to drink. I am not allowing alcohol to enter my life today, so there is no reason to have to stop, because I did not start. As an introvert, alcohol was a crutch I used to loosen up and connect with people. I also drank because I told myself that I was allowed to relax and enjoy the moment, and how can you truly relax and enjoy it? With alcohol of course!All these 'willpower' based attempts to stop drinking failed (exactly as they were destined to do). Slowly he discovered the truth about alcohol addiction and one by one all the lies he had previously believed started to fall apart. For the first time he noticed that he genuinely didn’t want to drink anymore. In this book he will lead you though the same amazing process. I noticed several years ago that if a restaurant didn’t offer alcohol I always found something wrong with it and therefore would not return.
It IS a miracle my daughter cannot stand alcohol (or so she says) but does smoke cigarettes (daily) and pot (occasionally). Planning my day around where and when I could drink, vacations that would allow me to indulge and embarrassing myself at times because I thought I was so funny and smart. What an ass! All these 'willpower' based attempts to stop drinking failed (exactly as they were destined to do). Slowly he discovered the truth about alcohol addiction & one by one all the lies he had previously believed started to fall apart. For the first time, he noticed that he genuinely didn’t want to drink anymore. In this book, he will lead you through the same fantastic process. There is so much conditioning and binary thinking about alcohol that can make it very challenging for a person who wants a different relationship with alcohol to make sustainable change.
PERFORMANCE - The writer is a great motivational speaker and does a good job reading his own work. He has a pleasant British accent. Although it seemed like everyone was drinking, obviously not everyone was. I find that now that I am open and honest about my sobriety, I run into others who also do not drink or never drank….and there are way more people than I originally realized! I would say to any one who is struggling with alcohol to read or listen to this book I've been to AA & had councaing but it just made me feel so guilty,
Firstly, the discomfort will go away if you take a drink of alcohol, and secondly, that pain will dissipate if you give it long enough.
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After college, my early adult working life was filled with happy hours and club hopping. Making and keeping friends seemed to revolve around a tamed down version of college shenanigans, with a sense of responsibility due to having to “get up for work in the morning.” How anyone thought this wouldn’t influence the children involved is beyond me, but, we all know people don’t think too clearly- or even want too when alcohol is involved! I hope and pray it does the same for all who read it! I hope and pray that the societies NORM will be forever changed!
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