SOBER FOR GOOD: NEW SOLUTIONS FOR DRINKING PROBLEMS—ADVICE FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SUCCEEDED

Book ID/图书代码： 13010511B46468

English Summary/英文概要： Finally someone has gone straight to the real experts: hundreds of men and women who have resolved a drinking problem. The best-selling author Anne M. Fletcher asked them a simple question: how did you do it? The result is the first completely unbiased guide for problem drinkers, one that shatters long-held assumptions about alcohol recovery.

Myth: AA is the only way to get sober.
Reality: More than half the people Fletcher surveyed recovered without AA.

Myth: You can’t get sober on your own.
Reality: Many people got sober by themselves.

Myth: One drink inevitably leads right back to the bottle.
Reality: A small number of people find they can have an occasional drink.

Myth: There’s nothing you can do for someone with a drinking problem until he or she is ready.
Reality: Family and friends can make a big difference if they know how to help.

Weaving together the success stories of ordinary people and the latest scientific research on the subject, Fletcher uncovers a vital truth: no single path to sobriety is right for every individual. There are many ways to get sober - and stay sober. SOBER FOR GOOD is for anyone who has ever struggled not to drink, coped with someone who has a drinking problem, or secretly wondered, "Do I drink too much?"

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 该书已在美国和西班牙发行出版。人们直接向专家请教，因为几百人都通过专家已解决酗酒问题了。最佳畅销书作家Anne M. Fletcher向这些人提了一个简单的问题：你曾经是怎么做的?结果就产生了第一本针对酗酒者的咨询手册，驳斥了所有有关解除酒瘾的错误观点。

传言：只有AA制才不会让你醉酒。
真相：Fletcher 调查的人中，一半以上成功戒酒的人都不是AA制。
传言：独自喝酒不会醉。
事实：许多人独自喝醉酒。
传言：喝一口就会喝一瓶。
事实：有一部分人偶尔喝点酒。
传言：除非他想戒，否则戒不了。
事实：如果家人知道方法，会很有用的。
根据普通家庭成功戒酒的例子和最新科学研究，Fletcher有重大发现：没有哪一个戒酒方案适合所有人。有很多方法能醒酒，而且下次不醉酒。《千杯不醉》这本书适合任何一位纠结于戒酒和有酒瘾的读者，并解决了许多有酗酒毛病的人，和那些私下认为自己酒量很小而又有饮酒情结的人。(兼职翻译-XMM)

Awards/获奖情况：Published in: US (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), Spain (Paidós)

Review
Although Alcoholics Anonymous has long been the preferred (and often court-mandated) regimen for the treatment of alcoholism, its ideology isn’t for everyone. As Fletcher (Thin for Life) points out, some people are put off by AA’s religious tone, others by the concept of powerlessness over alcohol. And, she says, contrary to AA beliefs, many more never "hit bottom," but nonetheless choose to reconsider their relationship with drinking. Additionally, she suggests, with managed care drastically cutting coverage of inpatient treatment, people with alcohol problems need to know about outpatient alternatives to AA. Fletcher, a health and medical journalist, provides a compendium of such approaches, drawing on the voices of "masters" former problem drinkers who have resolved their problems with alcohol and been sober for at least five years. Programs such as Women for Sobriety, Rational Recovery and Moderation Management provide a variety of approaches, and the "masters" themselves offer a collection of strategies for getting and staying sober with support groups, chemical dependency counselors or a combination of treatments. Unfortunately, Fletcher draws a fuzzy line between "problem drinkers" and "alcoholics," a word she avoids because some find it "pejorative." Maintaining that the distress and dysfunction of most people with drinking problems is not as "severe" as that associated with a stereotypical drunk, she promises that, although AA proponents insist otherwise, "you can quit on your own," "you don’t have to quit altogether" and "you don’t have to call yourself an alcoholic." Though she sometimes appears to bash AA, Fletcher provides a useful overview of the varieties of recovery programs and practices.---From Publishers Weekly

"A compendium of hope for those who have concerns about their own drinking or that of someone close to them."---Mark B. Sobell, Ph.D., Center for Psychological Studies, Nova Southeastern University

"Fletcher avoids ideological pitfalls and is true to scientific research"---Stanton Peele, Ph.D., J.D., author of Love and Addiction and The Truth About Addiction and Recovery

About the Author/作者介绍： 安妮M.冯切斯特是密西西比州的乡村邮差，著有《瘦身与养生》，《瘦身日志》，《苗条身材吃出来》，和《千杯不醉》。身为注册营养学家，她已劝告几百位有肥胖问题的职员接受临床诊断。Fletcher是塔夫斯大学《营养与健康》杂志的执行编辑，《疾病预防》杂志多次刊登她的文章。她还曾多次获得“国家营养知识大奖”，多次获得美国医学作家协会和美国心理协会表彰。目前有三个十几岁的孩子。

Anne M. Fletcher, M.S., R.D., is the author of Thin for Life, the Thin for Life Daybook, Eating Thin for Life, and Sober for Good. As a registered dietitian, she has counseled hundreds of clients with weight problems in clinical settings. Fletcher was executive editor of the Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter and a contributing editor for Prevention. She has won several National Health Information Awards as well as awards from the American Medical Writers Association and the American Psychological Association. She has raised three teenagers.

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