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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.

Think Like a Winner: The Psychology of Lottery Luck, Wealth Mindset, and Smart Decision-Making is a practical and eye-opening guide to understanding how luck, money, and the human mind really work. This book explores the psychology of luck, wealth mindset, risk tolerance, emotional decision-making, and financial behavior—using the lottery as a fascinating lens into how the brain handles uncertainty, money, and possibility.

Bloomsbury presents Quit Like a Woman written and read by Holly Glenn Whitaker. *The book that inspired Chrissy Teigen and Sex and The City’s Miranda to quit drinking* _____________ 'An incredible read' – Chrissy Teigen 'Has the power to change your relationship with your entire life' –...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An unflinching examination of how our drinking culture hurts women and a gorgeous memoir of how one woman healed herself.”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed “You don’t know how much you need this book, or maybe you do. Either...

Holly Whitaker's first book is a seamless blend of personal narrative, science, spirituality, and self-help aimed at creating a new dialogue around alcohol in America, getting rid of the term "alcoholic" for good, and helping anyone who wants to, create a better, sober, more fulfilled life for themselves. Quit Like a Woman is more than just a self-help book on sobriety. It is a call to action for all of America - and the world - to realize how poisonous alcohol is, and just how much it is truly affecting our lives.

Bart, die aantreklikste ou in haar matriekklas, soen Esli uit haar vel. Vir meer as veertig jaar deel hulle hul lewens, maak saam kinders groot en sien om na vriende en familie. Jaarliks vier hulle Kersfees in Kleinmond met geskenke en trifle en stappies langs die see met hul worshond. Maar hoekom val Bart se broer uit ’n boom voor Esli se ouerhuis? En watter donker geheim is onderliggend aan Bart se ma se vreemde gedrag en onfatsoenlike grappe?

Flanagan has firsthand knowledge of what it is like to be an addict. That experience informs this important and novel work. He pairs the sciences that study addiction with a sophisticated view of the consciousness-brain/body relation to make his core argument: that substance addictions comprise a heterogeneous set of "psychobiosocial" behavioral disorders. He explains that substance addictions do not have one set of causes, such as self-medication or social dislocation, and they do not have one neural profile, such as a dysfunction in dopamine system.

Are you the type who hits the gym, then hits the bar—and thinks the two cancel each other out? If you’ve ever popped a multivitamin with your IPA and thought, “Nailed it,” this book is your hilarious (and much-needed) intervention. Stop Taking Beer with Your Vitamins is a brutally honest, laugh-out-loud guide for people trying to juggle health and happy hour like it’s an Olympic sport.

Many people have silently asked themselves why can't I drink like everyone else? Rachel Hart has spent years trying to answer these questions for herself and untangle this mystery. There is a solution - and it doesn't require anyone to wear a label for the rest of their life or admit to being powerless. In fact, the tools outlined inside will reveal just how much power there is within each and every person struggling with this issue.

Dana Bowman can't escape the lure of perfectionism, trying to be a flawless wife, mother, and person in recovery. When Dana experiences a short-lived relapse during the Christmas holiday, she has the startling realization that recovery is more than just giving up alcohol. In this funny and revealing follow-up to her best-selling book Bottled, Dana reflects on how we live in a society of excess, always pushing ourselves to do and be better. However, it doesn’t take her long to realize that self-care and getting over herself is the key to happiness.

Introduced to heroine and alcohol for the first time at the tender age of eight-years-old programmed me and opened up a flood gate of feel good receptors in my brain, causing a high that I spent years trying to recreate over and over again.

The healing touchstone of millions, this modern work by one of today's most inspirational authors holds the key to understanding addictive thinking in adulthood and unlocking the chains that bind our inner peace and happiness. The first and third person instructive life stories, personal reflections, and exercises seem like we are right along for the ride.

Our satire begins with one sock in particular, Romeo. He's staying clean but living dirty. We open as he cries to himself in the mirror. He's caught between being honest and saving face.

Do you want to stop drinking or reduce alcohol without throwing in the towel after few attempts?Many people drink alcohol because it’s a popular belief that it helps reduce stress, others because of peer pressure or to let go of inhibitions, and still others because of bad past experiences. But excess of alcohol doesn’t help, it’s actually the opposite and more. Alcohol abuse weakens bones and muscles, triggers depression, affects organs, and deteriorates the nervous system.

Este es un libro escrito a cuatro manos por un padre y un hijo. La historia es la misma, contada desde el lugar protagónico de ambos. Juntos cuentan cómo se reencontraron y aprendieron a vincularse. Cómo, a cuatro manos también, y con la inestimable ayuda de amigos y profesionales, reunieron los pedazos de una familia rota y volvieron a mirarse a los ojos con afecto y compasión.