The Easy Way to Stop Drinking

Changed my entire perspective on drinking...

Easy way is a must read for anyone who thinks they may be drinking too much or has a friend or family member who might be drinking too much. I used to think I needed alcohol to have fun until I realized how it was destroying so many aspects of my life, health, job and finances. If you've ever thought for a minute that you or someone around you might be drinking too much, you have to read this book.

7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Amazing Grace!

This book literally fell into my hands as an answer to prayer! I had struggled with alcohol use & abuse for over 35 years, and was certain that AA was not a viable option, nor was 'treatment'. I took the book home from the library on Thursday, began reading it on Friday, finished it on Saturday, took my last drink of alcohol @ 7pm that evening, and have had NO DESIRE for alcohol since! It has been over 1 1/2 years, and I am free!!! What a blessing!!!

5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Truly life changing book

I had struggled with whether I was drinking too much, stopped a few times for a little while, but was never able to really stop. I didn't want to go to AA as that seemed too extreme for my alcohol use as well as with a seeming fanatical twist that my intellect could not accept.

This book fundamentally shifted how I thought about giving up alcohol and what alcohol "does" for me (nothing good). I have not had a drop of alcohol and only missed it on rare occasion (when I pick up the book again) in nearly seven months. I am enjoying tremendously the clarity of mind, more even emotional health and general positive direction of my life as a non-drinker.

I can not recommend this book highly enough for anyone who even thinks they may not be in control of their drinking. Let it open your eyes!!

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Logical Book

This book does a nice job of looking at the myths surrounding alcohol. After reading it, I am excited about my new, booze-free life.

4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

A reviewer

Allen Carr, author of the international bestseller The Easy Way to Stop Smoking, applies the same principles ¿ see the poison for what it is and put it down ¿ to help people deal with alcohol dependency. Carr says alcohol, like nicotine, is an addictive, poisonous drug that offers no benefits, only illusions. He forcefully disputes the long-held Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) belief that alcoholism is a fatal, incurable disease. In fact, he maintains that this fundamental AA tenet, largely supported by society and the medical profession, helps perpetuate alcoholism ¿ which he calls a 'plague on this planet.' Instead, he says, you can cure your alcoholism, and he can tell you how. We recommend this book to those who want to know more about this strategy for putting a drinking problem behind you forever.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

I bought this book to help me and other family members understand what alchol can do to your body, and why it is a bad idea to have alchol as a habit. It is very informative and has good stastics about health and well being without the use of alcohol

The way Allen Carr presents this book is very easy to understand. He made it clear of the effects of alcohol on your body and aging.Now I look at alcohol in a whole new prespective. When he talked about the medias role he was so on target. I started listening to the radio and watching tv shows much closer. When I could see how easy it is for kids to think that alcohol is cool because of the media I am now much more selective on what I let my kids watch. We had a long talk with our kids to explain advertising and how things my not be what they seem. He points out what long time alcohol abuse can do to you, and if you have health problems already you dont need more.
Allen Carr also put a lot of humor in this book and I think thats why it is a easy read. He does not make it out to be over shawdowing , you actually look forward to continuing this book. And if you do drink alot he does not condeem you, he enlighten you. When your done with this book you will deintly keep it for reference and to look back on.
I am not a heavy drinker but after reading this book I found I can defintly live without alcohol.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

A reviewer

If only there was an easy way to stop drinking, perhaps it is just as well there isn't really one. It's not simply about putting down the drink, it is simply about changing your way of thinking, your attitude and ultimately your life. As a woman who has been in recovery for almost 4 years, I hate to think that this book or others like Rational Recovery could fool a person into thinking that there is an easy way. In the meantime you could kill yourself or someone else.

2 out of 12 people found this review helpful.

Be free YIPPEE!

Prior to reading this book I read Allen Carr's The Easy Way To Stop Smoking. I quit smoking after finishing the book on 7.28.08. Now I read this book too and I quit drinking on 2.22.09. I have never been happier and more proud! I advocate Allen Carr's method because it works. I've recommended these books to my friends and family and five of em' have also read/quit! Like myself all five had many previous failed attempts at quitting and each of us spent more than ½ of our lives smoking or drinking. Now we're thrilled to be free and it was EASY! You can be free too, easily, and there are only infinite gains ahead of you with nothing to loose! Yippee!!!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Unrealistic

This book was very unrealistic and extremely redundant. Basically every chapter is more and more repetition of the same simple idea. In the end, the last chapter, which is supposed to reveal the "secret", is even more simplistic. Sort of like "How to Be a Millionaire in 5 Days." I would NOT recommend it - a total waste of time. Also, the author plugs his workshops throughout......

1 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Utter waste of time

B&N wouldn't let me publish what I really think of this book. If you really have a drinking problem you'll be ill-served by this rubbish. That is unless you primarily drink alcohol to "quench your thirst." He's big on that. Don't give any of your money to this pseudoscientific, shameful, and predatory organization.

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

This book costs as much as a martini. Read it.

This book blew my mind. I am not a fall down-can't keep a job-angry drinker. At all. I love to go out with friends and every once in a while (okay maybe once a week) drink a little too much. The night usually results in a lot of laughter, over indulgence in pizza and ice cream and a lot of money spent. Never been in a fight, never been arrested, no DUI's but every time I wake up feeling anxious and depressed the next day, I think to myself "why do I keep doing this"? Lo and behold, the next "big night out" comes and I repeat the cycle. I can honestly say I HAVE NO DESIRE TO DRINK AGAIN. EVER. Willpower does not work. I have tried that. And it sucks. These are straight facts and they have changed my life. If you are even reading this review right now, chances are you should read this book. As I said in the header, it costs as much as a martini (in NYC at least). I. am. FREE.

Usefull psychology

Once you get past the strained analogies and extreme repetativeness, this book really does get to the truth of the matter. It could have been a nice essay of moderate length, but I get you need a couple hundred pages to sell a book.

the first no bull book written on the subject

read it follow it understand it and then go back and do the same thing over and over till it totally sinks in, its up to you.Its helped me a lot but everyones different

Really effective way to end your alcohol addiction.

If you are ready to get your life back this is a great resource. Helps you to get past the brainwashing that traps people into alcohol addiction. Informative and interesting, the book implores you to continue to drink while you read and study, then stands with you as you take your last drink.

Inspiring and life-changing.

I couldn't put this book down, and it has changed my life. I haven't drank since I read it after 40 years of drinking. I gave it as a gift to a friend's son who has recently been in court for a DWI. I hope he reads it, that is all it takes.

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