- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd (16 May 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1841930504
- ISBN-13: 978-1841930503
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 283,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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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72 of 72 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This man was a genius. RIP Allen Carr,
By shainee "shainee" (Nottingham, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol (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!
118 of 121 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fact not psychobabble. Essential, life changing reading.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Easy Way to Control Alcohol (Paperback)
If you think you might have a problem with alcohol, don't let anyone put you off reading this book. It could change your life.I stopped smoking (30+ a day) with Allen 10 years ago and never looked back. In fact, when I first spotted the alcohol book I was actually quite scared to buy it! I knew it might work and I wasn't quite ready to relinquish my precious Chablis 'habit'. I'm so glad I did. It's hard to summarise the book in a review, so I'll just concentrate on the effect it's had on me, which is probably far more useful anyway. I stopped drinking at the beginning of January (after some 20 years of over-indulgence). I haven't been tempted to drink even once since then. And I feel absolutely fantastic! Totally liberated. The weight's falling off me (and I've been eating for England) I look years younger, I'm more positive, my self esteem (absent for so long) is finally back. And my natural drugs (that we're all born with but spend our lives supressing with chemicals) have kicked in again. So I still go to pubs/parties etc with my friends and get high - but naturally (and very cheaply). For example, I was up until 4am at a party the other night and instead of dozing off/staggering around with rolling eyes/getting embroiled in a nonsensical political arguement I was still bopping around and having a great time. Also, because I just don't want to drink now, I don't feel vulnerable at all. Some friends are still a bit amazed by my attitude and make sure they don't leave me alone in the same room as an uncorked Chardonnay. But, as I say to them, you could pour a bottle of Bolly over my head now and I wouldn't even be tempted to lick my lips! My advice is this. Be as cynical as you like (in fact Mr Carr actively encourages it) but whatever you do READ THIS BOOK. Don't just fly through it. Really open your mind and study it (although I think I could have stopped after reading the book once, I read it twice to make sure everything had sunk in). For the record, The Easy Way to Control Alcohol isn't psychobabble, it's FACT. It should be on the National Curriculum. It makes you look at alcohol, and our culture, in a completely different way. And when it all clicks into place, it's fantastic because you just don't WANT to drink again. You're not stopping yourself. You're not having to live miserably, one day at a time. You don't have to get religion. You don't envy people who do drink. There's absolutely no willpower involved. I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. Allen Carr already gets a lot of stick from the tobacco industry and I daresay the drinks industry will now join the fray. Remember, they've got £billions to spend on propaganda. Allen started with nothing and has already cured around six million smokers (at last count). I think this book could do the same for drinkers. I really can't recommend Easy Way to Control Alcohol highly enough (and no I haven't been brainwashed, nor do I work for the author!). If you want to do yourself an enormous favour - buy it now!
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Life Changing,
By Minty (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol (Paperback)
I assumed I had an "Addictive Personality" and I thought I was destined to always be a heavy drinker and almost took pride in the fact I could drink more than all of my friends and still act relatively sober. I couldn't ever think about doing something socially without having a drink. I realised I had a problem when I started carrying alcohol around the golf course with me, rather than waiting until the 19th hole. If I can follow Allen Carr's simple rules and be successful, then believe me, so can you. The book is enjoyable throughout and is just a good a page turner as any crime novel out there, albeit with a pretty predictable plot. I've now gone 7 weeks without a drop, loved every single minute of it, had no cravings at all, lost 21 lbs and saved over £350. Buy it, enjoy it and afterwards be thankful for it.
Edit - It's been 6 months now and every day I feel thankful for reading this book. Every aspect of my life has improved. I have lost 5 stone in weight, saved hundreds of pounds and have a completely different outlook on life. Life is exciting. Life is full.
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