There are tons of books written on alcohol addiction and withdrawal. However, not all of them make sense or appears easier to an average reader who tries to overcome his addiction. Out of several hundreds of books read, here are 5 amazing books, easy to grasp for people who are interested in setting their path on alcohol withdrawal. They cover areas including, mentality, mindset, and the science of medicinal biochemistry.
1. The easy way to control alcohol:
Authored by Allen Carr, the book shares wonderful and intellectual insights about how you can free yourself from alcoholic consumption. His primal key points on how to control this include:
- You don’t need to gather willpower to stop drinking
- Change the way you think about alcohol by considering alcohol as something you don’t need any further in your life. That way, you don’t require willpower to overcome the temptation of drinking in a boozing environment
- Remind yourself about how happy you are to be free from alcohol, rather than feel oppressed by those who consume the drink.
- Think of your abstinence from thence as a withdrawal and not a ‘giving up’.
2. Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol:
In this book, Albert Ellis, Ph.D., presents a psychological approach to solving Alcohol addiction problems. He presented that before confiding in alcohol, there are various thoughts that throw you around. Eventually, you stay afloat those thoughts with even other thoughts –to consume alcohol. He says these thoughts and beliefs that you need to depend on alcohol require counter thoughts that are healthier keep you off alcohol.
3. Blackout: remembering the things I drank to forget:
This book is a memoir of Sarah Hepola –how she left the regular alcoholic call into a more sober life that she never thought she would find herself. Sarah had consistent blackouts from drinking. Her narrative didn’t leave the readers without lessons. Despite the humorous tone of the book, she gave poignant lessons, which is summarized thus:
Creativity does not come from a bottle but from a brilliant mind. Why not leave the delusion of living from a bottle to living out from yourself? To get yourself, nothing is too much to give up –alcohol in this case.
4. The vitamin cure for alcoholism:
Abram Hoffer and Andrew Saul provided a more nutritional approach to overcoming alcohol addiction. The duo proves that the use of nutrients can be a control to suppress the desire for alcohol. If you are interested in the biochemical equations and striking out, then this will be a good go-to option.
5. The Mood Cure:
Julia Ross decided to also explore the nutritional approach of breaking free from alcohol. She delves more into how medications can be the perfect suppressant for alcoholic craving. Julia highlights the importance of therapeutic meetings in her book, which is a valid point that has proven the most effective over the years. The book also helps to settle the mind of those who have quit drinking but still feel compelled to indulge in the act. She proves that anxiety, cravings, and depression –the most predominant consequence are not the way to a sustainable life. She says they can all be fixed biochemically.