Kick the Drink. . .Easily!

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I don’t agree with all his points. For example, it could offer a pleasurable effect. Being “numb to the world” as it he puts it, could be thought of as pleasurable if you are not happy with your live. As for his tenet that there is no such thing as alcoholism, that is less clear. Mainly because nobody can really agree on what alcoholism is.

Apart from preaching to the converted - I found the book highly readable (Juice Master aside Jason is neither a medical doctor nor a psychologist and does not write as if he is) and full of practical advice to help readers execute a vital shift in perception. It is increasingly hard to drink a small or `moderate' amount of alcohol and `controlling ` your intake is a constant, exhausting battle - not drinking at all is a simple mental reprogramming that is blissfully easy in comparison.I find myself being much more productive. I get up early for the gym. I remember my evenings. I feel great all the time. I haven't dieted but in a month I've lost 8 pounds in weight. I've saved LOTS of money and my self respect is at an all time high.

So open your mind and take a journey with Jason to explore the myths about the most used and accepted drug addiction in the world! The first week or so was hard work; not so much physical pain or anything like that but thinking about booze A LOT. The book really helps with this though because it teaches you how to think differently about alcohol. You get a desire and immediately counter it. The basic premise of the book is that everything we've come to accept about alcohol is a lie and everything it promises you is false. Without these techniques I'd never have made it through the initial difficult period. There is no such thing as an alcoholic and there is no such disease as alcoholism! (as society understands it).I have a list of excerpts I've jotted down as I've read, but not sure if I'm allowed to post them so I'll just throw out this one-liner that I think sums up what he's trying to convey: Are you hooked on alcohol? “If the thought of never doing “IT” again fills you with fear, you are hooked; if it doesn’t, you aren’t.” I used to think that I was hooked on sugar, but after a few months with limited amounts of it, I realized I didn’t even really like it that much. The only food/drink that I’m hooked on is coffee. It also tastes like piss. We all know it. We all had that first drink, it was horrible. But we kept at it because it was the socially acceptable thing to do and gradually built up a tolerance to the horrible taste. But at the end of the day it is still a poison that our body does not like. More encouraging is the fact that many testimonials (a generous number of which are listed in the front of the book) indicate it has not only given readers the strength to `give up' alcohol, but that it has removed their desire to drink. This is the root of the success and appeal - because the result is permanent (and not an ongoing struggle of willpower) and, as the title suggests, because it is easy. It also does grease the wheels of social interaction. While I do not think being intoxicated actually does make it any easier for me to talk to new people at parties, or make me a more interesting or lively person, it does help many of us get together with long-term partners.