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Are you tired of lying and hurting your loved ones? Do you want your family back in your life? Is it starting to seem like you may never be able to beat your addiction? If you or someone you love struggles with substance abuse, you’re not alone.

Brenda Wilhelmson was like a lot of women in her neighborhood. She had a husband and two children. She was educated and made a good living as a writer. She had a vibrant social life with a tight circle of friends. She could party until dawn and take her children to school the next day. From the outside, she appeared to have it all together. But, in truth, alcohol was slowly taking over, turning her world on its side.

Whether you're sober curious, looking to stay sober or want to stop drinking for good, this uncommon guide explores eight critical areas of life that will dramatically improve when you give up alcohol. Alexander combines hard-hitting facts, humour and powerful insights as a qualified therapist, strength coach and former drunk.

Sienna Green's eye-opening book, Why Don't You Drink Alcohol? 101 Reasons To Stop Drinking Like A Woman Called Karen, combines humour, personal stories and hard-hitting facts to challenge everything you've been told about alcohol. Through 101 powerful insights, Green will make you laugh, think and question the role alcohol plays in modern life. This isn't another preachy self-help book—it's a fresh perspective on why so many women are choosing an alcohol-free life.

You’ve tried to stop drinking before. The Last Day One is not another book about counting days, avoiding triggers or white-knuckling your way through cravings. It’s a structured relapse-prevention plan built specifically for people who have already tried—and who understand that this time, a different approach is needed. Grounded in neuroscience and habit formation research, this book walks you step by step through the process of removing alcohol’s psychological grip—so the desire to drink doesn’t just get managed. It fades.

Known as the "Big Book", the basic text of Alcoholics Anonymous has helped millions of people worldwide get and stay sober since the first edition appeared in 1939. Opening chapters articulate A.A.’s program of recovery from alcoholism - the original Twelve Steps - and recount the personal histories of A.A.'s co-founders, Bill W. and Dr. Bob.

This collection of readings moves through the calendar year one day—at a time. For every day, a favorite quotation from the literature of Alcoholics Anonymous is followed by an A.A. member’s personal reflection, making for daily ingestion that is at once inspired and inspiring. While focusing broadly on the Three Legacies of Recovery, Unity and Service, this volume offers experience, strength and hope on specific topics such as willingness, faith, making amends—themes that recovering alcoholics must address each day—and reminds us that we are never really alone in Alcoholics Anonymous.

Craig Beck is a well-regarded family man with two children, a nice home, and a successful media career; a director of several companies and at one time the trustee of a large children’s charity. Outwardly, Craig was a highly successful and functioning professional man in spite of a ‘two-bottles-of-wine-a-night" drinking habit. For 20 years he struggled to control his drinking, all the time refusing to label himself an alcoholic because he didn't believe he met the stereotypical image that the word portrayed.

"Giving up" alcohol might sound daunting...but what are you actually giving up when you're hungover on the sofa all day? Cutting out the booze can transform your life in unexpected ways. 

A.A.’s how-to manual for staying sober in everyday situations, this widely read booklet demonstrates through simple examples how A.A. members throughout the world live their lives to the fullest while staying sober one day at a time. From the foreword: “Living sober turns out to be not at all grim, boring and uncomfortable, as we had feared, but rather something we begin to enjoy and find much more exciting than our drinking days.”

Alcohol told you it was your friend. It lied. It promised to relax you, reward you, take the edge off another brutal day. So you believed it, the way millions of smart, capable people believe it every single night. Then the friend turned. The morning dread crept in. The broken promises to cut down. The quiet maths about how much you really drank last week. Here is what the drinks industry spends billions making sure you never work out. You are not weak. You do not lack willpower. You were sold a lie so convincing that quitting felt like losing something, instead of escaping it.

Picture a life where every morning begins without a pounding head and a ransacked wallet—where your energy isn’t siphoned off by shame or an endless cycle of “just one more.” This is precisely what The Sobriety Secret aims to deliver. Building on the success of Alcohol Lied To Me, Craig Beck presents a fresh approach to transforming your relationship with alcohol.

When you stop drinking, it takes up to 10 days for the alcohol to completely leave your system. It’s a tricky time. You get cravings, and your thinking becomes emotional. Most people struggle in the early days. But now, there’s a modern, scientific solution. The 10-Day Alcohol Detox Plan walks you through the detox period painlessly and explains everything you need to carry on with your personal sobriety goals, whether short-term, such as Dry January, or long-term.

Commonly referred to as the “Twelve and Twelve”, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions comprises 24 foundational essays by Alcoholics Anonymous co-founder Bill W. that have helped millions of A.A. members worldwide both to get and stay sober “one day at a time”, and to ensure that their "Fellowship" - Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole - will be there for them tomorrow.

Why does an intelligent, capable adult keep pouring a drink they have already decided to give up? It is not weakness. It is not a broken personality. And it was never about willpower. Somewhere between the first glass at 6pm and the 3am wake-up with your heart pounding, a hidden piece of psychological machinery is running: a loop of chemistry, conditioning, and quiet self-deception so elegant that it convinces you the trap is a treat. You have been blaming yourself for losing a game you were never shown the rules of.

Based on the principles behind "Steps Six and Seven", Drop the Rock combines personal stories, practical advice, and powerful insights to help listeners move forward in recovery.

The Plain Language Big Book is a tool to help listeners understand the book Alcoholics Anonymous, which was first published in 1939. This new book is designed so that the A.A. Twelve Step program of recovery from alcoholism may be easily understood by all people who have a desire to stop drinking. The Plain Language Big Book has been written to present the original ideas and same spiritual message of the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous in simpler language.

In The Language of the Heart: Bill W.’s Grapevine Writings, listeners will find Bill’s initial inspirations for what became the Twelve Traditions, his battles with chronic depression and spiritual pride, memories of an all-night drinking spree, and a vivid description of how he came to organize the Twelve Steps (there were six in the first draft). For anyone in recovery from alcoholism or addiction, this uplifting and poignant collection provides a view into the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous as well as deep insights on emotional sobriety and personal struggle.

Mental Toughness for Recovery combines two powerful books from the Sober On A Drunk Planet series —Mindset Mastery and Stoic Sobriety —to help listeners build the mental strength, resilience, and emotional stability needed for lasting alcohol recovery. Written by international bestselling author, counselor, and strength coach Sean Alexander, this honest and practical 2-in-1 audiobook goes beyond simply “not drinking.” It focuses on retraining your mind, rebuilding your identity, and learning how to live an alcohol-free life you genuinely enjoy.

Do you want more time, energy and money to do the things you have always dreamed about doing? If you drink alcohol and/or take drugs, it’s likely you waste lots of time, energy and money being hungover and unhappy. This Challenge will set you on the road to alcohol recovery and show you how sober living can help you fulfil your dreams and goals.