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<p>In a career spent working with people who want to change their drinking habits, Michael S. Levy has found that the routes to behavioral change vary: abstinence is the successful route for many people, while others can moderate their drinking on their own or with professional help. In this book, he helps people take control of their alcohol problems by teaching them how to think about and address their drinking habits.</p> <p>Beginning with a set of self-assessments that reveal whether the reader’s use of alcohol is creating problems, Levy explains the causes of problem drinking and why it is so difficult to change. He also offers</p> <p>* guidelines so readers can decide whether to try to moderate their drinking or to choose abstinence* a contract for moderate drinking in which readers decide what they will drink, how often and how much they will drink, and the situations they need to avoid<br> • advice for coping with slip-ups<br> • tools for fighting helplessness and the fear of failure* guidelines for knowing when moderation is not achievable</p> <p>Many people are able to overcome their drinking problems without any formal help; Levy stresses the importance of personal commi

Author

Michael S. Levy

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801892189

Subjects

Self Help, Psychology, Medical