7 Weeks to Safe Social Drinking: How to Effectively Moderate Your Alcohol Intake (Paperback)

~ (Author) "How much richer could your life be if you took charge of your drinking and drank less?..." (more)
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Drink less, crave less and nip your problem drinking in the bud with the easy Drink/Link Moderate Drinking Program in this book! Drink/Link has helped thousands of drinkers worldwide to control drinking and prevent alcoholism since 1988. Over 80% of the drinkers who have completed this program have either cut their drinking in half or significantly reduced it! No meetings, drugs, belief in a higher power or professional help are required for you to succeed.

First, you learn five healthy drinking guidelines. Then you're given clinically-proven strategies and techniques to help you stay within those guidelines. You'll learn to manage alcohol craving, how to slow down and pace your drinking, pre-plan for drinking occasions, learn from you slips and resolve issues that drive you to drink so they don't lead to binge drinking. Alcohol will become less important to you and you'll automatically drink less.

Drink/Link is the first moderate drinking program registered with the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and has been recognized in many publications, including Time Magazine, ABCNews.com, the New York Post, Esquire and the Scripps Howard News Service.

About the Author

Donna Cornett, founder and director of Drink/Link Moderate Drinking Programs, was in her 30's when grew concerned about her drinking. Even though she was not having any serious problems with alcohol, she was health conscious and thought she was drinking more than she should. But she didn't think her drinking was serious enough to stop altogether.

At the time, a drinker's only options were to continue drinking or to quit and go to AA. She knew there were thousands of drinkers like her - not alcoholic, but problem drinkers at times - who had no program they could turn to that would teach them how to drink sensibly and appropriately. That's when she developed the Drink/Link Moderate Drinking Program - for herself and the millions of problem drinkers just like her.

Cornett earned an M.A. in psychology and holds a California College Teaching Credential in the subject. She has counseled drinkers since 1985 and is also the author of Moderate Drinking - Naturally! Herbs and Vitamins to Control Your Drinking.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: People Friendly Books (March 16, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976372002
• ISBN-13: 978-0976372004
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,028 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Problem Drinker or Alcoholic? It Doesn't Matter!, July 3, 2006

By	Plato (California) - See all my reviews

I don't know if I was a problem drinker or alcoholic. I don't care - I'm not into labels. But I do know I wanted to drink less and become less dependent on alcohol. And 7 Weeks helped me. One message in the book is you've got to take responsibility for your drinking instead of chalking it up to genes or a bad childhood or whatever. Another message is you can change if you want to. And Cornett gives concrete tips to cut down.

Who care if you're a "problem drinker" or "alcoholic"? If you want to drink less and have a healthier relationship with alcohol, 7 Weeks is for you. I'd pay twice the price for this book if I had to do it all over again.

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Winner for Anyone Questioning Their Drinking, November 29, 2005

By	Drink/Link Fan (California) - See all my reviews

This book has been a lifesaver for me. For years I enjoyed social drinking without problems, but the last couple of years I've questioned if I was drinking too much. This program showed me how to pace my drinking, how to make a drinking plan in advance before I started drinking(which really worked)and how to stick to my limit fairly easily. It also made alcohol less important to me - a huge step in the right direction to get back on the healthy social drinking path again. I recommend this book to anyone questioning their drinking. It's a straightforward approach to drink less and drink appropriately.

32 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this book!, August 10, 2005

By	Former Problem Drinker (California) - See all my reviews

I wish I had discovered this book 10 years ago. It spelled out how to achieve moderate drinking. It was easy to follow and best of all it worked for me! There are only a few books out that cover the subject of changing drinking behavior. One is filled with stats, boring and hard for me to stay interested in. Another one was too general - no specifics to help me manage drinking. 7 Weeks held my interest and gave specific tips to keep alcohol consumption down and to beat problem drinking.