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This naked mind : control alcohol, find freedom, discover happiness & change your life / Annie Grace.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: xx, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0525537236
  • 9780525537236
Other title:
  • Control alcohol, find freedom, discover happiness & change your life
Subject(s):
Contents:
This naked mind: how and why it works -- The drinker or the drink? Part 1: the drinker -- The drinker or the drink? Part 2: the drink -- Liminal point: is drinking a habit? -- You: simply naked -- Liminal point: are we really drinking for the taste? -- You: polluted -- Liminal point: is alcohol liquid courage? -- Oh S#*%! We're stuck -- Liminal point: drinking helps me loosen up and have better sex -- A quest for sobriety -- Liminal point: I drink to relieve stress and anxiety -- The mystery of spontaneous sobriety -- Liminal point: I enjoy drinking: it makes me happy -- Defining addiction: Part I -- Liminal point: is alcohol vital to social life? -- Defining addiction: Part II -- Liminal point: it's cultural. I need to drink to fit in -- The descent: why some descend faster than others -- Living a naked life in our society -- This naked mind -- The secret to happily and easily drinking less -- The journey: "relapse" -- Pay it forward.
Summary: Aims to help alcoholics change their relationship with drinking, showing the psychological and cultural aspects of alcoholism.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 616.861 G729 Available 33111011275514
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A groundbreaking and inspiring book that challenges our relationship with alcohol by exploring the psychological factors behind alcohol use and the cultural influences that contribute to dependency.

Many people question whether drinking has become too big a part of their lives, and worry that it may even be affecting their health. But, they resist change because they fear losing the pleasure and stress-relief associated with alcohol, and assume giving it up will involve deprivation and misery.

This Naked Mind offers a new, positive solution. Here, Annie Grace clearly presents the psychological and neurological components of alcohol use based on the latest science, and reveals the cultural, social, and industry factors that support alcohol dependence in all of us. Packed with surprising insight into the reasons we drink and Annie's own extraordinary and candid personal story, This Naked Mind will open your eyes to the startling role of alcohol in our culture, and how the stigma of alcoholism and recovery keeps people from getting the help they need.

This Naked Mind will give you freedom from alcohol. It removes the psychological dependence so that you will not crave alcohol , allowing you to easily drink less (or stop drinking). With clarity, humor, and a unique blend of science and storytelling, This Naked Mind will open the door to the life you have been waiting for.

" You have given me my live back." --Katy F., Albuquerque, New Mexico

"This is an inspiring and groundbreaking must-read. I am forever inspired and changed." --Kate S., Los Angeles, California

"The most selfless and amazing book that I have ever read." --Bernie M., Dublin, Ireland

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-243).

This naked mind: how and why it works -- The drinker or the drink? Part 1: the drinker -- The drinker or the drink? Part 2: the drink -- Liminal point: is drinking a habit? -- You: simply naked -- Liminal point: are we really drinking for the taste? -- You: polluted -- Liminal point: is alcohol liquid courage? -- Oh S#*%! We're stuck -- Liminal point: drinking helps me loosen up and have better sex -- A quest for sobriety -- Liminal point: I drink to relieve stress and anxiety -- The mystery of spontaneous sobriety -- Liminal point: I enjoy drinking: it makes me happy -- Defining addiction: Part I -- Liminal point: is alcohol vital to social life? -- Defining addiction: Part II -- Liminal point: it's cultural. I need to drink to fit in -- The descent: why some descend faster than others -- Living a naked life in our society -- This naked mind -- The secret to happily and easily drinking less -- The journey: "relapse" -- Pay it forward.

Aims to help alcoholics change their relationship with drinking, showing the psychological and cultural aspects of alcoholism.

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