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Take Control of Your Drinking - A Practical Guide to Alcohol Moderation, Sobriety, and When to Get Professional Help (Paperback, second edition)
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Take Control of Your Drinking - A Practical Guide to Alcohol Moderation, Sobriety, and When to Get Professional Help (Paperback, second edition)
Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
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Accepting that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to
controlling drinking, the latest edition of this bestselling book
will help you assess your drinking and determine whether moderation
or abstinence is the best path for you. For decades, the standard
treatment for people struggling with alcohol consumption has
focused on convincing them to admit that they are an alcoholic, to
stop drinking entirely, and to enter into a program, most commonly
Alcoholics Anonymous. But in his more than thirty-five-year career
as an addiction specialist working with people who want to change
their drinking habits, Michael S. Levy has found that the routes to
behavioral change actually vary. And although abstinence is the
successful route for many people, others can moderate their
drinking on their own or with professional help. In this practical,
effective, and compassionate book, Levy helps people take control
of their alcohol problem by teaching them how to think about and
address their drinking habits. Beginning with a set of
self-assessments that reveal whether the reader's use of alcohol is
creating problems, Levy explains the causes of problem drinking,
discusses the growing recognition of the various ways an alcohol
use disorder can show itself, and talks about why it is so
difficult to change. Offering advice for choosing between
moderating your drinking or abstaining altogether, he also touches
on coping with slipups, fighting helplessness and the fear of
failure, and knowing when moderation is not achievable. The book is
unique in that instead of telling people what they need to do, it
meets people at their stage of change and level of readiness to
change and helps them decide for themselves what they need to do.
Drawing on the latest scientific evidence, this new edition
includes * a chapter on the concept of self-medication-a useful but
at times overused idea; * a chapter on the concurrent use of drugs
(particularly cannabis) during recovery; * an exploration of modern
strategies for dealing with drinking, including technology (apps
that count drinks, for example) and medications that curb alcohol
consumption; * reflections on the use of stigma; * communication
strategies for individuals seeking to share their struggle with
others; * an exploration of common triggers; * additional
worksheets and tips to achieve success; * further material about
self-help programs; and * insights about the dark side of addiction
treatment. Ultimately, Take Control of Your Drinking empowers
people to tackle their drinking problem and gives them the freedom
to do so in a way that fits with their own lifestyle and values.
This book is useful for anyone who may find that they are drinking
too much, for the loved ones of such people, and for clinicians who
want to broaden their skills when working with people who struggle
with alcohol.
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