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How to Go Alcohol Free: 100 Tips for a Sober Life
Want to drink less . . . or not at all? This book will help you plan for, switch to, and enjoy a life beyond booze.
Today, drinking is on the not only are people imbibing less, but going sober, or never trying alcohol at all, have become more mainstream options. Whether you’re a die-hard drinker or sometimes sipper, and whether you want to stop temporarily or for good, How to Go Alcohol Free will help you take control. It’s packed with advice and simple steps for understanding your drinking and its effects, reducing your intake, and navigating social situations without booze . . . so you can enjoy the health and financial benefits of an alcohol-free life.
Today, drinking is on the not only are people imbibing less, but going sober, or never trying alcohol at all, have become more mainstream options. Whether you’re a die-hard drinker or sometimes sipper, and whether you want to stop temporarily or for good, How to Go Alcohol Free will help you take control. It’s packed with advice and simple steps for understanding your drinking and its effects, reducing your intake, and navigating social situations without booze . . . so you can enjoy the health and financial benefits of an alcohol-free life.
128 pages, Paperback
Published February 4, 2020
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March 1, 2025
I have read a few books on giving up alcohol recently as I am enjoying drinking less, but find it difficult to give it up entirely when we live in such an alcohol-centric society and wanted ideas about navigating this. Most of these books seem to assume you must have a real problem with alcohol - hangovers, fights, lost memories, increasing amounts, secret drinking etc etc, which I genuinely don't have. This small book doesn't dwell on that side of it too much, and makes the very good point that many of us are health nuts by day but booze at night and suggests that perhaps the question shouldn't be "is my drinking bad enough?" but "does alcohol still deserve a place in my life?". What will you gain from being alcohol-free?
Some tips I found useful from the book included:
Don't freak yourself out by trying to give up "forever", just take a long enough break (66 days for a new habit to bed in)
Go all in - don't moderate
Get clear on why you want to go alcohol free
Plan ahead with snacks & nice drinks for wine o'clock & find other "sober tools" to help you change your mood
When craving strikes, play the movie to the bitter end - and then flip the storyline and think how much better it will be to wake up clear-headed
Get your response ready in case people ask directly, and say it with confidence
And remember - no one ever regrets waking up hangover free!
Some tips I found useful from the book included:
Don't freak yourself out by trying to give up "forever", just take a long enough break (66 days for a new habit to bed in)
Go all in - don't moderate
Get clear on why you want to go alcohol free
Plan ahead with snacks & nice drinks for wine o'clock & find other "sober tools" to help you change your mood
When craving strikes, play the movie to the bitter end - and then flip the storyline and think how much better it will be to wake up clear-headed
Get your response ready in case people ask directly, and say it with confidence
And remember - no one ever regrets waking up hangover free!
September 16, 2021
A fab wee book. Read this for a book club and powered through it in about an hour.
As I'm already sober there wasn't anything too new for me but it's a perfect book if you're considering sobriety / sober curious / sick of the hangovers.
As I'm already sober there wasn't anything too new for me but it's a perfect book if you're considering sobriety / sober curious / sick of the hangovers.
January 1, 2024
Fantastic overview in an easy to digest format.
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