What People Say …

This is an excellent book. I didn’t feel a compulsion to give up alcohol when I started reading it. I only read it really because I have several of Jason Vale’s books and was interested to hear what he had to say on this subject.

Before reading this book I would have described myself as a social drinker (a glass or two of wine most nights, lots more on a big night), although I have drunk significantly less than I used to over the last four years, having been either pregnant or breastfeeding two children! My main motivation for reading it was to lose weight by cutting down on alcohol.

However, I was fascinated by Jason’s assertion that there is no such thing as an alcoholic and that everyone who drinks alcohol is an alcohol addict. Jason challenges the way that we view alcohol and the way that many people who consider themselves to be in control of their drinking simply aren’t. As Jason points out, if someone said that they only eat bananas after midday, they only eat so many a week and limit overdosing on bananas to the weekend you would surely assume that they have a problem with bananas so why not with alcohol? As over 90 per cent of the population drinks alcohol it is considered normal and we assume that anyone who is teetotal is not normal or must have had a problem in the past.

Jason finds ways to challenge many of our long held perceptions or beliefs about alcohol. As I said earlier, I had no intention of giving up alcohol altogether when I started

reading but, since finishing the book, I find that the last drink I had was on New Year’s Eve and I have had absolutely no desire to touch a drop since. I have been to a couple of dinner parties and a black tie event since then; occasions where previously not drinking would have been inconceivable . My husband is incredulous, as are most of my friends. I must stress, I do not feel as though I am missing out being on the wagon; I simply do not want to drink and feel absolutely free of all the control I had to exercise in the past (i.e. I won’t have one till Friday, won’t have more than a quarter of a bottle of wine, etc.). That’s all gone. It’s an amazing book – open your mind!

Rachel

I haven’t quite finished reading this book but it has already stopped me drinking. I can’t see any reason why I would want to drink any longer. Jason gives very compelling reasons why drinking is not a good thing and the damage it actually does to your body and mind and why most people who drink don’t think that they are actually addicted. Great reading, written in Jason’s usual, fun style, it has changed my total perspective on alcohol, even though I wasn’t thinking of giving up totally when I bought this book. I just wanted to cut down. Now I realise that it is very difficult to do this and that I would be better off just stopping and not giving in to this drug at all! Thanks Jase, you have changed my life!

Julie M

This book will definitely free you from having to put alcohol in your body … If only everyone would read it, our society would be transformed for the better. It deserves to sell more copies than any other book ever written! If you need to cut down or stop drinking then look no further. This is the book you need.

James M

I think I was like many people out there who enjoyed the odd drink, but found that the odd one was becoming a daily routine. Either socially or alone I was becoming reliant on a bottle or two of wine a day. I managed to get hold of Jason’s book and cannot believe that I have not or wanted to have a drink for over a week now (I know this seems a tad feeble but believe me, it’s a huge step in my world). I even had a dream last night that I did have a drink and was truly upset that I had succumbed but, on awakening, I realised it was just a dream and felt joyous once again. I have felt so much healthier, aware and alive (not just hazing through each day!). I would recommend this book to anyone who realises that booze is having an adverse effect on your life and well-being . Thank you Jason.

Mrs K. D. Wooldridge

I used to drink a couple of glasses of wine each day with a bit more at the weekend and social events. The book is very easy to read and is written in a ‘brainwashing’ style. It worked. I haven’t drunk alcohol since the day I read it, i.e. 19th July and it’s now 30th Nov. The interesting part is 

other people’s reactions. It would almost be easier to drink alcohol to fit in (especially in the beginning until people accept your decision) but the book gives you the strength to be your own person and do what you want. I would certainly recommend it.

Prior to reading this, in June 2009 read The Simple Way to Stop Eating Chocolate also by Jason Vale. I haven’t fancied a chocolate since then. Not many vices left now!

Karen B

It’s difficult to know exactly where to start, so I guess simplest is best:

THANK YOU.

It seems such a small word for what you’ve helped me achieve – TOTAL FREEDOM from alcohol. I had for quite some time (a few years if I am honest) before I read your book started to suspect that I was an alcoholic in the understood sense and I was terrified of all the implications that went with it, i.e.:

the ‘fact’ that it is an incurable illness;

the ‘fact’ that you have to take one day at a time and decide not to drink today;

the ‘fact’ that you are vulnerable for the rest of your life.

Thanks to your enlightened way of thinking I can now see how wrong the ‘experts’ are and how, although there are many whose lives have been saved by AA and other such 

organisations, these tormented souls live every moment of every day in fear. Whereas with your way I really do live Life In Fearless Excitement. I am proud to be in the real world and the real me (not the alcohol soaked version) is there to enjoy all of it.

There are home truths in your book which felt as though you had found my own personal life script and were exposing them, not with contempt or in order to shame, but with a gentle thought-provoking persuasiveness which enabled me, and I know will help anyone who drinks, to get free. Thanks again.

Angela