{"product_id":"this-isn-t-working-anymore","title":"THIS ISN’T WORKING ANYMORE","description":"\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Hard Truth About Alcohol, Coping, and the Life It Quietly Steals\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMaybe your life still looks fine from the outside. You work. You pay the bills. You take care of people. You turn up when you're supposed to. Nobody looking at you would necessarily think alcohol was becoming a serious problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBut you know what happens when nobody else is looking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou know the promises you make in the morning and renegotiate by evening. The rules about weekdays, weekends, wine, beer, only two, only tonight. The relief when the first drink arrives. The disappointment when another evening goes further than you intended. And somewhere underneath all of it is a sentence you're getting tired of avoiding:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis isn't working anymore.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou Don't Have to Lose Everything Before It's Taken Too Much\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eYou don't have to call yourself an alcoholic. You don't have to hit rock bottom. You don't have to wait until your health, relationship, career, finances, or family life collapse before your concern becomes legitimate. If alcohol is making your life smaller, that matters now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWritten By Someone Who Stood Exactly Where You're Standing\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eIan Bates spent the best part of thirty years functioning on whisky and beer. He knows how easy it is to make drinking sound reasonable — stressful day, difficult week, you deserve it, you'll cut down tomorrow. He also knows how an entire life can be built around those tomorrows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eDrawing on his own experience and more than twenty years as a counselor and hypnotherapist, Bates looks beyond the usual advice to \"just stop\" or \"use more willpower.\" He examines what alcohol has been doing \u003cstrong\u003efor\u003c\/strong\u003e you, not just what it's been doing \u003cstrong\u003eto\u003c\/strong\u003e you — because there's usually a reason you keep reaching for it. Anxiety. Sleep. Confidence. A quiet mind. A reward. A way to get through the evening. Understanding that matters. So does understanding the price you're now paying for the relief.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eWhat This Book Walks You Through\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy alcohol only needs you to believe \u003cem\u003etonight\u003c\/em\u003e makes sense — not that it's good for you\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe permission thoughts and cultural scripts that keep intelligent, self-aware people drinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy shame doesn't get you sober — and what does\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat's really happening in your brain, and why cravings feel so convincing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to handle the people around you who don't understand what you're doing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to get through the first sober stretch without white-knuckling it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to build a life where alcohol isn't required to make the day bearable\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch4 dir=\"ltr\"\u003eNo Miracle Promises. No Moral Lecture.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThere is no demand that you hate yourself into changing. Just honesty — because you can understand why alcohol became important without pretending it hasn't become destructive. You can acknowledge that it once gave you something while admitting the price has become too high. And you can stop waiting for your life to get worse before deciding you want something better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf part of you already knows this can't carry on, this book was written for that part of you.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ian Bates Author","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55447534403926,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/3579\/4774\/files\/IsntWorkingEbookCover3d.png?v=1789997083","url":"https:\/\/ianbatesauthor.com\/products\/this-isn-t-working-anymore","provider":"Ian Bates Author","version":"1.0","type":"link"}