{"product_id":"50-things-you-should-know-about-alcohol-before-you-take-your-next-drink","title":"50 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ALCOHOL BEFORE YOU TAKE YOUR NEXT DRINK","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Truth Can Change Everything\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlcohol came with a story already attached to it: it's what adults do at the end of a hard day, how you celebrate, unwind, socialize, and cope. What it never came with was an honest explanation of what's actually happening inside your body and brain when you drink it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThis book fills in that gap — fifty short, hard-hitting chapters that explain exactly what alcohol does, written in plain language with no moral lecture and no requirement that you call yourself an alcoholic to read it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhy This Book Exists\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAlcohol isn't an ordinary product. It affects the brain, liver, heart, digestive system, hormones, sleep, mood, judgment, and relationships — and it can gradually retrain the brain's stress-and-reward system, so the drink you started using to relax becomes the thing your brain starts expecting whenever life gets uncomfortable. Much of this can happen while your drinking still looks completely normal from the outside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAnd yet alcohol is classified by the World Health Organization as a \u003cstrong\u003eGroup 1 carcinogen\u003c\/strong\u003e — the same category as tobacco and asbestos — while it's marketed as sophisticated, sexy, relaxing, and practically essential to a good life. This book sits inside that contradiction and doesn't look away from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat's Inside\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAcross fifty concise chapters, you'll learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat alcohol actually is, and how your body processes it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy intoxication happens, and what a hangover is really telling you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow tolerance develops — and how it quietly reshapes your relationship with drinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy \"sleep\" after drinking isn't the restorative sleep you think it is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe real effects on your liver, heart, gut, hormones, and long-term health\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlcohol's classification as a Group 1 carcinogen, and what that actually means\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow repeated drinking can change brain chemistry and strengthen cravings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cultural scripts, advertising, and social pressure that make drinking feel inevitable — and why questioning it can feel stranger than doing it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe book also turns its attention outward, to the alcohol industry itself and the billions spent keeping alcohol culturally desirable — glamorous, comforting, romantic, rebellious. Very little of that advertising shows what happens a few hours later. Even less shows what repeated exposure means years later. This book fills in the missing pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou Don't Need a Rock-Bottom Moment\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou don't have to lose your job, wreck a relationship, or get a frightening diagnosis before you're allowed to look at this honestly. Sometimes the reason is quieter: one drink has started becoming three, mornings feel harder than they used to, sleep and energy aren't what they were, or you're simply starting to wonder whether the thing you use to relax is making life harder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThat's enough of a reason to want the facts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStraight Talk, Not a Sermon\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50 Things You Should Know About Alcohol Before You Take Your Next Drink\u003c\/strong\u003e won't tell you what label to give yourself, demand a dramatic life declaration, or insist your drinking has to become a crisis before it deserves attention. It gives you the information — clearly, directly, without the comforting stories — and lets you decide what to do with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou can keep drinking after reading it. You can cut back. You can stop. That choice is yours. But you'll be making it with your eyes open instead of on autopilot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIan Bates is a counselor and hypnotherapist with more than twenty years of experience helping people understand the habits, beliefs, and coping patterns that keep them stuck. His approach is direct: strip away the comforting stories, hand people the facts, and let them decide for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eFifty Facts. Fifty Reasons to Look Again.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe truth doesn't make the decision for you. It makes sure the decision is really yours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGet your copy today and find out what's really in the glass.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Bates Author","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55430640238934,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/3579\/4774\/files\/50_Things_Alcohol_Ebook_Cover_3d_Shopify.png?v=1789814312","url":"https:\/\/ianbatesauthor.com\/es\/products\/50-things-you-should-know-about-alcohol-before-you-take-your-next-drink","provider":"Ian Bates Author","version":"1.0","type":"link"}