I now have well and truly broken out the habit, instantly, easily and painlessly.
however when the reasons why so many of us drink were laid out one by one, it eventually becomes a game changer. So I stated the listen with no real intention or desire to quit.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't feel drink was a problem or ruining my life, it just had started to annoy me. I was fed up of being in the habit of moderate drinking for too long but seemed unable to break out of it. I listened to this book after a friend recommended it exactly a year ago. My recommendation is to keep this self improvement going with a book like miracle morning or practicing mindfulness. You don't recognize how brainwashed you are until you start going through it one by one.
I has allowed me to remove delusional beliefs in other areas of my life as well. And I have always been someone who has a very uneven mood. Sure, I feel better and I wake up more excited, but my mood has balanced out a lot. I ended up reaping some great unexpected benefits, too. I have to admit I was nervous to go to a bar and try to avoid drinking, but it's really easy. Nowadays, I go to the bar to play golden tee golf, and darts, but I haven't had a drink in about three months, and I don't see any reason I'd ever drink again. I had a lot of fear at first, but I decided to go to the bar with my wife and I knew my friends were going to have some questions about this, because I quit. I didn't quit drinking when I started it, but I followed the instructions and I never listened while I was drinking. I listened to the book in the car, washing dishes, etc. And if I ever started drinking and couldn't reach that goal for some reason, I was mad. I never drank to enjoy a beverage to complement a meal or any hoity toity nonsense like that: I drank to get drunk. I only breaks I took from drinking for the past 10 years where when I had to deploy or when I was too sick for the hair of the dog. I'd finish off a 30 pack on Saturday and Sunday as long as I woke up in time to drink through the morning.
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I would drink a six pack a night, about once or twice every month (this was meant for nights when I was exercising "control" because there was something important happening the next day): every other day of that month, I drank at least ten beers plus shots of whatever I had in the freezer. My wife said I needed to do something-and after countless times of shooting back a, "yeah, sure, I'll get on that." I finally realized that I might lose her if I didn't. I'm a sailor, and I developed a very heavy drinking habit, and was able to maintain it without many repercussions at work, because a lot of my bosses have heavy drinking problems. I would have gone to listen to the stories (like the narrator character in Fight Club), but not to experience change. I had been to AA meetings and being an atheist, I immediately locked up. In the comments I read, I was encouraged by the heavy drinkers to pick up this book, because I didn't believe it could work. If you think you might have a problem, which you clearly do if you're reading this review, then listen to this book! It seemed impossible to me to, but you will see what I mean. And literally, within a week, my beaten down self-esteem has bounced back (finally!) and I feel confident I have the ability to now shape the life I want. I'm currently in the process re-planning my life activities, because now my life revolves around events I want to be involved in for their own sake, rather than for the booze I plan to drink.
It removes the monkey from your back and gives you freedom. Now I don't want to drink at all, and can see myself lasting until I die without wanting another drink. I've often wanted to cut down and didn't understand how stopping altogether could be possible. I've drunk to the detriment of my life for the last 20 years.