How to Quit Drinking without AA: A Complete Self-Help Guide, 2nd Edition
by Jerry Dorsman
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Author: Jerry DorsmanEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-10-01
ISBN: 076151290X
Number of pages: 322
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Reviews of How to Quit Drinking without AA: A Complete Self-Help Guide, 2nd Edition
Book Review: Good book, if you apply yourself
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a good book. I grew up with alcoholism in my family and found that I was self medicating. It is a good book. If you really apply yourself you can do it! I can say that it helped me and my fiance for about 30 days, but then we went back to our old ways. But that's just like anything out there. I will pick it up again one day. I recommend it to anyone struggling with drinking even if you aren't a typical "alcoholic". Just if you find yourself drinking more than you used to. Or if you are a full blown alcoholic. This can help.
Summary of How to Quit Drinking without AA: A Complete Self-Help Guide, 2nd Edition
Now You Can Take Control of Your Own Recovery ProcessAlcoholics Anonymous is not the only answer or even the best answer for many people. In fact, seven of every eight people who start AA's 12-step program abandon it within three years. Fortuanately, there are more effective ways to quit drinking-proven methods that will help you be successful on your own terms.
Inside this life-affirming book is the new beginning you're looking for. Certified addictions counselor and 16-year recovering alcoholic Jerry Dorsman offers more than 100 proven techniques to gain control of your recovery. His self-help approach includes the best:
?Step-by-step instructions for breaking the habit
?Foods to help you beat the cravings
?Methods for internal cleansing and detox
?Nutrition information for rebuilding your health
?And much more!
"A thorough approach backed with practical guidelines and techniques."-Addiction and Recovery Magazine
"The right blend of substance and simplicity. Bubbling with resources."-Natural Health magazine
"Quit drinking on your own terms," urges Jerry Dorsman, addictions counselor and an alcoholic in recovery for over 16 years. Those terms, carefully outlined in How to Quit Drinking Without AA, shift the treatment model away from disease toward holism. In this upbeat and clearly written guide, Dorsman neither moralizes nor locks the alcoholic in the perception of powerlessness. "A part of you remains nonalcoholic, no matter how much you drink," Dorsman counsels. This book aims at reaching the strength and integrity of the nonalcoholic self.
Offering a refreshing look at the problem, Dorsman emphasizes habit over disease. If drinking is a learned behavior, it can be unlearned. Each chapter contains worksheets designed to penetrate the alcoholic's denial and exercises to assess the problem. Five simply stated steps integrate psychological and physical realties. A chapter on healing details a regimen of healthy eating, physical exercise, and great activities to substitute for drinking. A chapter on renewal offers auxiliary therapies to drug and alcohol treatment such as acupuncture, massage, and tai chi. How To Quit Drinking Without AA will appeal to those who are ready to take charge of their recovery, seeing it as nothing less than the means to change one's life.
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