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Craig Beck is a well-regarded family man with two children, a nice home, and a successful media career; a director of several companies and at one time the trustee of a large children’s charity. Outwardly, Craig was a highly successful and functioning professional man in spite of a ‘two-bottles-of-wine-a-night" drinking habit. For 20 years he struggled to control his drinking, all the time refusing to label himself an alcoholic because he didn't believe he met the stereotypical image that the word portrayed.

My name is Craig Beck and I am the Internet's foremost expert in helping people quit drinking alcohol. I have already helped thousands of people just like you get back in control of their drinking or stop completely. I understand how it feels to be worried about your drinking because for nearly 20 years I struggled with my own addiction. I tried everything to stop drinking alcohol from creating silly rules about what I was "allowed" to drink and going through torturous "dry months" to taking dangerous prescription-only medication!Absolutely nothing I tried worked until I dramatically changed my thinking.

Best known for his hysterically funny and often scathing restaurant reviews for the London Sunday Times, journalist Adrian Gill writes about his near-fatal alcoholism in this extraordinary lucid memoir. By his early 20s, at London's prestigious Saint Martin's art school, Gill was entrenched in his addiction. He writes from the handful of memories that remain, of drunken conquests with anonymous women, of waking to morbid hallucinations, of emptying jacket pockets that "were like tiny crime scenes".

Don’t Call Me Sober, Call Me May isn’t another self-help book preaching the same outdated dogma. It’s a raw wake-up call for those ready to break free from labels and take control of their lives. True freedom isn’t in counting days or meetings—it’s in doing the hard work to overcome and reclaim yourself. This book dismantles the flawed thinking behind traditional recovery models, offering a mindful, no-BS alternative rooted in personal accountability, self-awareness, and lasting change.

Don't Count Me Out chronicles the life of Bruce White from the beginning of his drug use in elementary school through criminal acts fueled by his need for drugs, to his miraculous recovery three decades later and involvement in the treatment of addicts, where he is now a leader in the rehabilitation field.

Stanice Anderson, motivational speaker and author of 12-Step Programs: A Resource Guide for Helping Professionals, delivers a personal guide to dealing with failure and turning to triumphs. By examining her own obstacles, Anderson relates to problems that many people face today.

A MUST-HAVE FOR ANYONE LOOKING TO BREAK BAD HABITS THIS NEW YEAR A fresh look at health, habits and longevity from internationally-bestselling author, Nicklas Brendborg - perfect for fans of Ultra-Processed People 'Highly readable' DAILY MAIL 'Brilliantly unpacks how modern life hijacks our...

In an all too familiar scenario, played out in millions of homes every day, children who grow up in addictive families abide by certain rules: don't talk, don't trust, don't feel. The rigid survival roles and youthful coping behaviors they take on, such as the responsible child, the adjuster, the placater, and the acting-out child can eventually contribute to problems of depression, loneliness, and addiction in adulthood.

Elizabeth Burton-Phillips is a teacher, an ordinary middle-class mother who had always tried to do the best for her children. She never imagined that her identical twin sons, who had been doing so well at school, would become involved in drugs. She was shocked when they were suspended from school for smoking cannabis, but this was just the start of a terrible, unimaginable journey - culminating in the knock on the door in the early hours by the police. They gave her the devastating news that her son Nick had killed himself in despair at his heroin addiction.

Don't Forget Me tells the story of Steve's two sons, Chris and Kelly, who took distinctly different paths to the same outcome: death by overdose. Steve reveals not only a highlight reel of the things he got right but takes an honest look at the mistakes he made along the way to help other parents avoid those same mistakes. Don't Forget Me offers time-tested, practical suggestions to assure family members of those struggling with substance abuse they have not lost their mind and encourages them to find hope-even on the darkest days.

Craig Beck ist ein angesehener Familienmensch mit zwei Kindern, einem wunderschönen Zuhause und einer erfolgreichen Medienkarriere; er ist Geschäftsführer in zahlreichen Gesellschaften und leitete in der Vergangenheit zudem eine große Wohlfahrtsorganisation für Kinder. Craig war trotz seiner Angewohnheit, zwei Flaschen Wein jeden Abend zu trinken, ein erfolgreicher und funktionierender Geschäftsmann.

Con un lenguaje sencillo, la autora consigue que entendamos las causas que nos conducen a depender de las nuevas tecnologías. Nos explica las repercusiones que el abuso de las pantallas y de internet tienen en nuestra mente y en nuestro cuerpo. Este audiolibro, lleno de humor, en ocasiones irónico, es muy accesible tanto para jóvenes como para adultos. Finaliza con algunas prácticas basadas en técnicas de relajación y mindfulness que sin duda, son un buen comienzo para comenzar a utilizar las nuevas tecnologías como herramientas que han de facilitarnos la vida.

Weltweit haben tausende Menschen mit dem Prinzip aus "Alkohol hat mich belogen" das Trinken aufgegeben. Mit diesem Hörbuch erhalten Sie Zugang zu den Hypnose-Sitzungen, welche Sie täglich hören sollten, um Ihre neu gewonnenen Überzeugungen zum Thema Alkohol tief in Ihrem Unterbewusstsein zu verankern.