The thing about alcohol
Enjoyment without addiction is possible: Why we drink and how we can change our habits
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1st edition September 2022, softcover
13.5 x 21.5 cm, 190 pages
ISBN-978-3-86374-676-6
Enjoyment instead of necessity!
Alcohol is a tricky thing. On the one hand, we learn that anyone who doesn't drink is a bore and a spoilsport; on the other hand, we are warned about the health risks and urged to drink in moderation. So what now?!
A glass of wine with dinner, a beer after work or a sip of sparkling wine in good company is perfectly fine. But when the half-beer in the evening turns into at least three, we finish the whole bottle of wine alone or the company party ends with a blackout, the question arises whether our alcohol consumption has become a problem...
Would you like to be able to enjoy a good drink at any time and effortlessly remain in control? To do this, you only need to know one thing: the reason why you drink! If you become fully aware of this, you will gain control and become a confident pleasure drinker. Pleasure drinkers know no deficiency symptoms, no feelings of inferiority and no self-doubt; they are only interested in the taste sensations and they stop drinking as soon as the intoxicating effect takes over.
Follow an exciting, deep psychological analysis step by step, with which you can quickly conquer the "genie in the bottle" and become a pure connoisseur.
Who is this book for?
"The thing about alcohol" is aimed primarily at people who are unsure whether their alcohol consumption is still safe. The book is intended to help them find their way back to a liberated consumer feeling and thus to healthy consumer behavior. But alcoholics, their relatives, therapists and those working in addiction work will also find many helpful insights and tried and tested recommendations.
"Anyone who fears slipping into addiction or believes they are already controlled by it needs help, not admonitions... Andreas Winter shows why much popular advice so often fails and, above all, which approaches make sense."
Udo Pollmer, food chemist and science journalist
Also available as an audio book:
Audiobook "The thing about alcohol" with audio coaching for easier practical implementation! To the audiobook...
Audio coaching for the previous book:
Still available as a download: Start-up CD of the psychocoaching guide "The genie out of the bottle. Alcohol - pleasure instead of necessity". Download →
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Pleasure or vice, what makes the difference?
Many people are unsure about their personal alcohol consumption. While one person may still reach for the next bottle of beer, another may be afraid of becoming addicted to an evening glass of wine. This uncertainty is understandable, as there are different pieces of advice and "drinking instructions" from all sides. Much of the well-intentioned advice is certainly correct - but not for everyone and not at all times. This book will help you to gain clarity on the following questions in an amusing and understandable way:
→ When does “a lot” become “too much”?
→ What type of drinker am I?
→ How can you go from necessity to enjoyment without abstinence?
→ Schnapps or champagne – what does my drink say about me?
→ What is the real problem behind the reason for drinking?
→ Does “dry” mean “cured”?
→ What is the feeling when drinking?
"The poison is in the dose." Scholars in ancient times already knew this. But what is the right dose? The surprising answer: Sometimes it is your personal feelings that decide. Your emotions have a major influence on the complex metabolic processes in the body and therefore determine whether a substance consumed causes defensive reactions, such as in the case of allergies and intolerances, or in the best case is even perceived as beneficial, such as with medication. Depending on the chemical "basic setting" that prevails in the body, the effect of alcohol can be pleasant and harmless or very serious.
The most common misconceptions about alcohol
This book dispels false beliefs, medical delusions and fear-mongering about one of humanity's oldest cultural drinks and remedies.
- Drinking daily is addictive.
- A recovering alcoholic must remain abstinent for life.
- Withdrawal is difficult.
- Alcoholics are failures.
- You should not drink during the day.
- Alcohol is a gateway drug.
- You live healthier without alcohol.
- Healthy foods do not contain alcohol.
The author explains why conventional alcohol therapy is not only unsuccessful but even dangerous, and shows how to turn a questionable alcohol consumption back into a safe one – without discipline or medication!
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