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Title: Sober for Good by Anne M. Fletcher ISBN: 0395912016 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 April, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27
Rating: 5
Summary: A must-read for anyone concerned about their drinking
Comment: Are you concerned about your drinking? Wondering if it is becoming a problem? Questioning, if I do have a drinking problem - then what? Or perhaps concerned about a loved one's drinking? Then this book is for you. Author Anne Fletcher, having overcome her own drinking problem, interviewed over 200 "masters" who overcame drinking problems about what worked for them. She allows readers to learn from her interviewees' experience - from determining whether drinking has become a problem to deciding what to do about it to building a life that doesn't revolve around alcohol - and supplements the masters' stories with findings from the most up-to-date research on recovery from drinking problems. The result is a highly readable book that covers a wide variety of approaches to quitting (or, in rare cases, moderating) drinking. The author handles controversial issues, such as moderate drinking or alternatives to the traditional AA approach, carefully and evenhandedly. There is also an excellent chapter on what family and friends can do to help.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wow, what a good book
Comment: Sober for Good – Anne Fletcher
I was sent a complimentary copy of Sober for Good, and opened it much as one might open a piece of junk mail – casual, uninterested, getting a fix on the waste bin for rapid disposal. Shortly afterwards I was reading avidly.
This book displays the immense variety of ways that people really stop drinking destructively, from the traditional methods of Alcoholics Anonymous to a personal decision, taken and held to. Anne Fletcher calls people who have tackled an alcohol problem and now live comfortably “the Masters”, and I’m one of them, in her terms. The book was created from first person accounts of people who have successfully resolved alcohol problems, using a wide variety of methods, and the author pulls these personal stories together to offer a balanced and very helpful overview of the varied ways that people use to stay sober for good.
The Chapter titles give an excellent précis of the contents.
1 A New Look At How People Really Solve Drinking Problems 2 There’s Not Just One Way: How The Masters Got Sober - And Stay Sober 3 It’s Not How Much You Drink: How The Masters Faced Up To Their Alcohol Problems 4 You Don’t Have To “Hit Bottom”: How The Masters Reached The Turning Point 5 It’s Not Necessarily One Day At A Time: How The Masters Made A Commitment To Sobriety 6 Be Our Own Expert: How Seven Masters Found Their Way With Seven Different Approaches 7 You Can Help: The Masters’ Advice To Family And Friends 8 One Drink Does Not A Drunk Make: How The Masters Determined Whether They Could Ever Drink Again 9 It’s Not Enough Just To Stop Drinking: How The Masters Deal With Life’s Ups And Downs Without Alcohol 10 Recall The Past, Live In The Present: How The Masters Stay Motivated 11 With Or Without A Higher Power: How The Master Handle Spirituality 12 There’s Nothing Missing: How The Masters Find Joy Without Alcohol Appendix A: A Consumer Guide To Recovery Options
A lot of the book deals with familiar and comfortable ideas about alcohol and recovery, but there is also a great deal that I found new and thought provoking. I attended AA for many years, reaching a position of contented sobriety, but decided last year that I should move on. I chose SMART Recovery® as an alternative, and have found it suits me very well. Sober for Good showed me that this type of progression is not unusual, and that it is but one of many options. Others organisations offering help include Secular Organisations for Sobriety (SOS), Women for Sobriety (WfS), Rational Recovery (RR). Several stories came from people who used professional services such as brief intervention, formal treatment or individual counselling. Other Masters used what Anne Fletcher calls “eclectic methods” which I interpret to mean a bit of this and a bit of that, reading, acupuncture, yoga, family and friends’ support – but if it works, it works. I know personally someone who did it on her own and that option doesn’t show up in this book at all! There really are many routes to recovery from alcohol, and all of them work for someone.
One of the reasons I liked this book so much is that it combines careful work with kindness. The spirit of the author shines through without being obtrusively personal. It is plain that Anne Fletcher has worked very hard to understand the people whose stories she has gathered and deployed. The result offers a wealth of insights and information that will help anyone who seeks personal recovery or wishes to help other to recover.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Overview of Workable Options for Sobriety
Comment: The evolution away from the inaccurate and counterproductive view of a "one size fits all" mentality for substance/alcohol abuse/dependency treatment has been underway for decades: long enough for individuals sober in alternative "non 12 step" programs to recount how they accomplished their stunning and uplifting successes in achieving genuine and lasting sobriety. Anne Fletcher interviews successfully sober individuals from a variety of programs, including those based on the religiously-oriented program of 12 steps (including AA), and in the process helps elucidate the various important components of a successful life in sobriety. Contrary to the "mainstream" notion that spirituality or belief in a "higher power" are necessary to achieve sobriety, Ms. Fletcher recounts numerous examples of successfully sober individuals who required neither. Powerful (and well established) "alternative" techniques for achieving sobriety and satisfaction, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy, are presented. Anne Fletcher has provided an invaluable resource and reference for anyone looking for a way out of alcohol/substance abuse/dependency for themselves or someone they care about. Also, this book would provide tremendous insight and breadth in any training curriculum for substance abuse therapists.
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