When I wrote the book alcohol lied to me
I had no idea the impact it would make to
problem drinkers around the world.
I certainly had no idea it would end up
helping hundreds of thousands of people
out of the miserable loop of alcoholism.
I only wanted to document how I had
finally dealt with my problem without any
of the usual pain or struggle
that spent the prior decade feeling like an abject
failure no matter what I did
no matter what I tried I could not seem
to get back in control of my drinking
I felt like I was broken and it appeared
that everyone I asked for help felt the same
my drinking aside I was a successful professional
man with a beautiful family and
plenty of evidence of my success around
me it appeared nobody
was going to help me with my drinking unless
I was prepared to stand up in front of
a bunch of strangers and label myself
a weak willed alcoholic
alcohol lied to me is how I
escaped the trap of functional alcoholism
without any of those embarrassing group meetings
no dangerous medication expensive rehab
or ineffective willpower
it has been a savior to so many successful
loving caring and amazing people
whose only flaw is being in a loop
with their drinking
it offers a compelling alternative solution
to the Twelve Steps
there's no need to label yourself an alcoholic
there's no religion or giving your problem to a higher power.
This is a logical and intelligent approach
to problem drinking it's the
only trust pilot five star rated
quit drinking program
this version of the book features all of the best
advice from alcohol liked
me and the secrets I share with attendees
of quit drinking bootcamp plus
all the great sober living tips that I've
picked up over a decade of helping
problem drinkers around the world
before we go any further.
Congratulations on being here
a trite statement I don't think so.
The very act of listening to these words should
be seen as a powerfully positive
action on your part.
It means you are not a part of the vast majority
of problem drinkers who never do anything about
this insidious drug in their life
a drug that we don't even like to call a drug it's true isn't it.
Go into any local bar pick out
a customer ask them how their drug use
is going and you will get a mixture of abuse
and ridicule in response.
The truth is though this social pleasantry
is a drug and
a very dangerous one at that
alcohol kills millions of people every year.
And yet we are repeatedly made to feel that if
you refuse to join in with the consumption
of the attractively packaged poison it's
you who has a problem
in the western world we live in a bubble of unreality
around this drug when you write
down the nonsense that we believe about this
drug it looks insane.
We toast our good health
with a liquid proven to cause seven
significant forms of cancer
we drink when we feel down
even though alcohol is a depressant
alcohol is used to help us with insomnia
even though we know it disturbs our
sleep drinkers
are suspicious of people who choose not
to drink the poison not the other
way around is not crazy.
That is the world that we live in.
We have got ourselves into a bizarre situation
where we are looking at black and insisting that it is white.
It is the unpicking of this universal
distortion that explains why my quit
drinking bootcamp why stop drinking
expert program has been so useful
for so many problem drinkers around the world
attending a boot camp with me is a bit like going to see Penn
and Teller the famous illusionists
first they wow you with a spectacular
illusion and you can see no other
explanation than to call it magic however.
Then they come back onto the stage and they show you how
the trick was performed.