{"product_id":"stop-drinking-and-change-your-life","title":"STOP DRINKING AND CHANGE YOUR LIFE","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou don't need a better argument. You need a plan.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou already know the hangovers, the broken promises, the money, the mornings you swore would be different. You've probably tried reasoning your way through a craving before, and then drunk anyway. That isn't a willpower problem. A craving isn't an honest conversation. It's a demand for your attention, and it's loudest at exactly the moment your judgment is quietest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStop Drinking And Change Your Life\u003c\/em\u003e is a toolkit built for that moment, and for every moment after it. Counselor and hypnotherapist Ian Bates brings together 53 practical tools from AA, SMART Recovery, Al-Anon, clinical psychology and the sober curious movement. No single tradition has a monopoly on what helps, and you shouldn't have to pick a camp before you're allowed to use any of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eEach short chapter gives you one tool, tells you when to use it, and walks you through it step by step. They're simple enough to follow even when your head is anything but clear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInside, you'll find:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTools for the moment itself\u003c\/strong\u003e: Urge Surfing, DEADS, DISARM, HALT and Play the Tape Forward, so you can ride out a craving without obeying it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA way to understand your triggers\u003c\/strong\u003e: the Urge Log, the ABC Model, and the question that changes everything: \u003cem\u003eWhat job have you given alcohol?\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHelp with social situations\u003c\/strong\u003e: refusals prepared before you need them, an exit plan, something to hold in your hand, and how to stand apart from a culture that expects you to drink\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHabits for long-term change\u003c\/strong\u003e: people, places and things; why feelings aren't facts; and how to live your way into better thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAftercare that's realistic\u003c\/strong\u003e: progress, not perfection, and how to stop a slip from becoming a collapse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA section for those who love a drinker\u003c\/strong\u003e: detaching with love, the Three C's, and why your recovery doesn't wait on theirs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou don't need to have lost the job, the marriage or your health before your discomfort counts as real. If part of you has been quietly keeping score, that's enough. It was always enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou are not who alcohol told you that you were.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Bates Author","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55555732275542,"sku":null,"price":6.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/3579\/4774\/files\/StopDrinkingEbookCover3dereader.png?v=1790848532","url":"https:\/\/ianbatesauthor.com\/products\/stop-drinking-and-change-your-life","provider":"Ian Bates Author","version":"1.0","type":"link"}