Allen Carr's Easy Way To Control Alcohol marks a landmark in our understanding of why alcohol has such a grip on our society and offers the solution to anyone who sincerely wants to turn their back on a problem that ruins lives, tears families apart, fuels crime and costs the economy billions of pounds every year. Allen Carr has established himself as the world's greatest authority on helping people stop smoking and his internationally best-selling THE EASYWAY TO STOP SMOKING has sold over 3 million copies in over 20 languages. In Easy Way To Control Alcohol, he now turns his revolutionary method to the question of drinking and offers a startling new view of why we drink and how we can escape from the 'alcohol trap'. Allen Carr's Easyway To Control Alcohol is bold and controversial and takes issue with many experts in the field and much received wisdom.
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121 of 121 people found the following review helpful
By shainee
Format:Paperback
I sent off for this book after waking up with yet another hangover on a Monday morning and wanting (again) to do something about the amount I was drinking. I have been drinking every day since my marriage broke up 14 years ago, leaving me with a 2 year old and a 3 month old baby.
Although I have always been what I used to call a 'normal' drinker since the age of 18 or so, when my ex husband walked out I really turned to the bottle to help me deal with my feelings of loneliness, despair and misery . As soon as the boys were in bed I would start on the wine (luckily, my mum moved in with me so I wasn't the only 'responsible' adult around), and this has pretty much continued as the boys have grown up, so they are more than used to seeing me with a bottle (or two) of wine every evening.
It says something about the durability of the human body and spirit that I have been able to bring these boys up to become normal, great teenagers, and hold down a responsible and stressful job, which takes me away to Europe most weeks, whilst dosing myself with poison on a regular basis.
I read the book in one sitting, and I have never felt so positive about the future, both for me and the boys. I haven't had a drink for 7 days, which in itself is a miracle, but the thing that has amazed me is - I haven't WANTED a drink! After tea, the norm was for me to slouch in front of the TV or my laptop, watching inane programmes, or chatting rubbish to strangers in chat rooms. For the past week, the boys and I have gone out for bike rides, we've gone for a walk in the park to feed the ducks and done loads of things I wouldn't have dreamed of doing before because it either interrupted my drinking or involved driving, and I have never driven whilst under the influence.
The weight is melting away, my eyes are sparkling and I feel like I'm 20 years younger than my 45 years. A binman whistled at me this morning! I'm going away on separate holidays with the boys in the summer, and I cannot wait to get on the beaches on the Isle of Wight with the youngest and to boogie in the hotspots of Berlin with the eldest. The great thing is, I know I won't be tempted to drink when I'm there! I feel truely set free, and would encourage anyone who wants to escape from their 'prison' to read this book, now!
Although I have always been what I used to call a 'normal' drinker since the age of 18 or so, when my ex husband walked out I really turned to the bottle to help me deal with my feelings of loneliness, despair and misery . As soon as the boys were in bed I would start on the wine (luckily, my mum moved in with me so I wasn't the only 'responsible' adult around), and this has pretty much continued as the boys have grown up, so they are more than used to seeing me with a bottle (or two) of wine every evening.
It says something about the durability of the human body and spirit that I have been able to bring these boys up to become normal, great teenagers, and hold down a responsible and stressful job, which takes me away to Europe most weeks, whilst dosing myself with poison on a regular basis.
I read the book in one sitting, and I have never felt so positive about the future, both for me and the boys. I haven't had a drink for 7 days, which in itself is a miracle, but the thing that has amazed me is - I haven't WANTED a drink! After tea, the norm was for me to slouch in front of the TV or my laptop, watching inane programmes, or chatting rubbish to strangers in chat rooms. For the past week, the boys and I have gone out for bike rides, we've gone for a walk in the park to feed the ducks and done loads of things I wouldn't have dreamed of doing before because it either interrupted my drinking or involved driving, and I have never driven whilst under the influence.
The weight is melting away, my eyes are sparkling and I feel like I'm 20 years younger than my 45 years. A binman whistled at me this morning! I'm going away on separate holidays with the boys in the summer, and I cannot wait to get on the beaches on the Isle of Wight with the youngest and to boogie in the hotspots of Berlin with the eldest. The great thing is, I know I won't be tempted to drink when I'm there! I feel truely set free, and would encourage anyone who wants to escape from their 'prison' to read this book, now!
75 of 75 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Thoroughly recommend this book to anyone who thinks they're drinking too much and would like to cut down or to even quit. Didn't think it would be possible to do it without missing it badly.
This is the way to do it without feeling like you're missing out or being made to feel you have some genetic problem that makes you different to other drinkers. The book doesn't contain much you don't know but it makes you see how we've all been conned by the alcohol trap and how any benefits we think we get are a con.
If you're thinking about cutting down or stopping but dreading a lifetime of no booze again at social occasions, weddings, parties, holidays and nights out with your mates - this helps you quit without missing it at all.
After 20 years of increasingly heavy binge drinking - usually at weekends - and waking up not remembering the night before or being embarrassed by what I'd done, I was bored and depressed with me and alcohol.
I decided to give up for a month (I've done this almost every year for the last five years). I've never found giving up for 30 days too bad (after the first week) but could never contemplate giving up altogether. By the way Allan Carr advises you to keep drinking until you've finished the book.
Again half way through these 30 days I was jealous of watching other people drink and couldn't contemplate the depressive thought of never drinking again.
I was sick of always ending up drinking as much as ever after my month of sobriety though so googled things like easy ways to stop drinking and came across this book.
Since reading the book I've have absolutely no desire to drink alcohol.
I've been to a wedding, week's holiday in the sun with my family, nights out with my mates and have thoroughly enjoyed all of them - more than when I was drinking.
I'm reading the book again to make sure it sinks in fully but after three months off the booze I don't think I'll ever be back on it.
I feel healthier, more confident, more positive and have more money to spend on clothes, books, cds, and have started exercising again.
I can't recommend this book highly enough to anyone who is bored with getting pissed out their heads and making a tit of theirselves!
It's also a highly readable book that I'm enjoying reading for a second time.
Read it and enjoy your freedom from booze!
This is the way to do it without feeling like you're missing out or being made to feel you have some genetic problem that makes you different to other drinkers. The book doesn't contain much you don't know but it makes you see how we've all been conned by the alcohol trap and how any benefits we think we get are a con.
If you're thinking about cutting down or stopping but dreading a lifetime of no booze again at social occasions, weddings, parties, holidays and nights out with your mates - this helps you quit without missing it at all.
After 20 years of increasingly heavy binge drinking - usually at weekends - and waking up not remembering the night before or being embarrassed by what I'd done, I was bored and depressed with me and alcohol.
I decided to give up for a month (I've done this almost every year for the last five years). I've never found giving up for 30 days too bad (after the first week) but could never contemplate giving up altogether. By the way Allan Carr advises you to keep drinking until you've finished the book.
Again half way through these 30 days I was jealous of watching other people drink and couldn't contemplate the depressive thought of never drinking again.
I was sick of always ending up drinking as much as ever after my month of sobriety though so googled things like easy ways to stop drinking and came across this book.
Since reading the book I've have absolutely no desire to drink alcohol.
I've been to a wedding, week's holiday in the sun with my family, nights out with my mates and have thoroughly enjoyed all of them - more than when I was drinking.
I'm reading the book again to make sure it sinks in fully but after three months off the booze I don't think I'll ever be back on it.
I feel healthier, more confident, more positive and have more money to spend on clothes, books, cds, and have started exercising again.
I can't recommend this book highly enough to anyone who is bored with getting pissed out their heads and making a tit of theirselves!
It's also a highly readable book that I'm enjoying reading for a second time.
Read it and enjoy your freedom from booze!
58 of 59 people found the following review helpful
By Mark
Format:Paperback
I have what I think is a healthy disregard for self-help publications in general as they're often exploitative and more often than not offer false hope at best. Ultimately, most will let you down and lose you money. `Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol' was, for me, a remarkable exception to the rule. For this well-groomed sceptic, the book turned out to be particularly intuitive and, most importantly, amazingly effective.
For 16 years, I consistently drank more and more. Trying circumstances which, by the way, remain largely in tact led me to several bouts of severe depression, two redundancies, major financial difficulties and long-term loneliness. Alcohol became the expensive crutch upon which I relied to blight the pain of my life on a daily basis. At the time of writing, I remain vulnerable to these negative influences. However, my debilitating addiction to alcohol is now cured and was so quite literally overnight.
I read Allen Carr's publication over a period of a fortnight and drank throughout - as the author advised. Then, on the evening I completed the book, I took what was to be my last alcoholic drink. The following day, I went to the pub as usual and drank Diet Coke all evening - I simply did not have the appetite for alcohol at all and have no desire to drink it again.
If you have a problem with alcohol (or even if you just think you do), by all means try every avenue of professional help open to you. It may be irresponsible not to. However, for the price of a paperback, I would recommend this work wholeheartedly in the hope that my review, and consequently Allen Carr's book, will help many more of those who need it.
If you happen upon this review, Mr Carr - thank you for your outstanding contribution to the field of control over addiction and to my own well-being. My only regret is that I didn't discover you earlier.
For 16 years, I consistently drank more and more. Trying circumstances which, by the way, remain largely in tact led me to several bouts of severe depression, two redundancies, major financial difficulties and long-term loneliness. Alcohol became the expensive crutch upon which I relied to blight the pain of my life on a daily basis. At the time of writing, I remain vulnerable to these negative influences. However, my debilitating addiction to alcohol is now cured and was so quite literally overnight.
I read Allen Carr's publication over a period of a fortnight and drank throughout - as the author advised. Then, on the evening I completed the book, I took what was to be my last alcoholic drink. The following day, I went to the pub as usual and drank Diet Coke all evening - I simply did not have the appetite for alcohol at all and have no desire to drink it again.
If you have a problem with alcohol (or even if you just think you do), by all means try every avenue of professional help open to you. It may be irresponsible not to. However, for the price of a paperback, I would recommend this work wholeheartedly in the hope that my review, and consequently Allen Carr's book, will help many more of those who need it.
If you happen upon this review, Mr Carr - thank you for your outstanding contribution to the field of control over addiction and to my own well-being. My only regret is that I didn't discover you earlier.
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Makes you look at the craving and fear of missing alcohol in a very new way. Didn't stop me drinking but I thought about it
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Quite an effective 'sobering' read which helped me to re-consider my relationship with alcohol. Although I did not want to give up completely, it has given me much to think about.
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Allen Carr is always a great help when you want to address areas of your life that you sense need greater control. buy it
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It didn't work for me. There was a lot of repetition as if he was trying to hypnotise you into not drinking. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Tina Stansfield
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I feel like running through the streets shouting Allen Carr is my hero. I love this book, it all makes sense now. Looking forward to living life without hangovers and lost days. Read more
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Allen Cars Easyway books and videos will improve the quality of your life. He cuts through all of the nonsense and delivers the truth to you in an easily digestible way.
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