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> It's hard to justify reading the book if I don't think I do want to stop smoking or drinking. I agree with you that the book might not be right for you if yo
by yosito 5y ago
> It's hard to justify reading the book if I don't think I do want to stop smoking or drinking.
I agree with you that the book might not be right for you if you don't want to stop. On the other hand, I didn't think I wanted to stop drinking, until I did want to stop, and then suddenly I wished I hadn't spent the last 10 years drinking. It ultimately didn't enhance my life at all. But I wouldn't have heard that message until I was ready.
- dataengineer56 5y agoThat was my situation too - I wasn't drinking much and decided I'd do some reading to decide whether I should keep drinking intermittently or just ditch it entirely. Once I started reading then I couldn't believe I'd ever drank in the first place.
- cutthegrass2 5y agoare you able to share any links to the info you read?
- yosito 5y agoNot the commenter you were replying to, but Biology of Desire by Marc Lewis was a good one. There was also a lot of good info in The Sober Truth by Lance Dodes, but it's more of a rebuttal against 12 step programs.