📗 Libro en inglés TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR DRINKING

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 d