Get Sober, Get Free: Your Practical Guide by Veronica Valli

by Veronica Valli

Veronica Valli’s new book, Get Sober, 'Get Free – Your Practical Guide' is the follow up to her hugely successful 'Why You Drink and How to Stop'. Get Sober Get Free is for anyone who would like to understand their drinking and develop strategies to stay alcohol free. It’s a practical handbook for achieving sustainable sobriety. Veronica understands there is much more to sobriety than just putting down the drink – first we need to understand why we abused alcohol in the first place. Sobriety is about the freedom to be who you were meant to be. Divided into three sections – Honesty, Reality, Freedom – the book takes you through a series of specifically designed questions that will enable you to understand why you abuse alcohol and help you to create your own plan to stay sober. This practical guide will give you the tools and information you need to finally get sober and get free! Get Sober, Get Free – Your Practical Guide is an essential tool in your sobriety toolbox. Praise for Why You Drink and How to Stop Kristen Johnston, two-time Emmy award winning actress, New York Times best selling author and recovery advocate “Veronica Valli has written one of the clearest, most fascinating and truly helpful books on addiction I’ve ever read. To me, it’s up there with ‘Clean’ by David Sheff, except from the viewpoint of someone who’s in long-term recovery. Whether you’re struggling now and need help, have struggled in the past, or you’ve ever loved an addict, this book pierces through the confusing and terrifying misinformation that surrounds this disease. From the first page to the last, I was completely enthralled by this brilliantly researched, refreshingly straightforward and delightfully compelling book.”

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About the author

Veronica has worked as a therapist and life coach specialising in addiction for over ten years; her experience includes working with young people in the criminal justice system, primary care adult treatment, outreach services and private practice.

Veronica has also worked in local government, delivering local drug and alcohol strategies.

As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict, she has personal experience of what it takes to recover from an addiction. Veronica struggled with alcoholism through most of her twenties.

As a binge drinker, she was aware for some time that something was wrong but was unable to define what it was; a chance meeting led to her finally getting help and turning her life around.

At the height of her addiction, Veronica was unable to go to work without the aid of a drink; her life and confidence were in tatters. She got sober in 2000 at the age of twenty-seven.

She now uses this experience to help and inspire others. She fully believes that all alcoholics and addicts can recover if they have access to the right kind of help, and that they can then go on to live life to the full.

She is committed to educating and informing the public on problem drinking and addiction and has appeared regularly on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire as a specialist guest.

She has also appeared on the Lorraine Kelly show on ITV, and an ITV programme entitled The Truth About Binge Drinking; she has also appeared in national magazines and publications, discussing recovery from alcoholism.

Veronica is married with two young sons and is currently working in private practice.

Reviews

[hilary · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very real

Very easy to follow .. Very practical and real .. Got a lot from this book highly recommend it teaches a lot of life lessons we all need to learn.