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The Easy Way to Stop Drinking: A Revolutionary New Approach to Escaping from the Alcohol Trap by Allen Carr
Book Type: Hardcover
Published: 25 December 2005
Publisher: Sterling Publishing
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Review:
I was both sceptical and hopeful as I sat down to read Allen Carr's book. And I finished it completely sceptical.
Honestly, I beleive Carr's "masterpiece" is one of those "get-rich-overnight-doing-nothing" books that nowadays find their way to the reader via spam. And the author's sole purpose was to make some money out of other people's predicament. (I know Mr Carr has passed away and "de mortibus nil nisi bene", but I am simply sharing with you what I beleive is true).
Just a few points below to explain why I disliked the book so much:
1. The author claims to have been alcohol-dependent himself, but as you read this book it becomes obvious that he does not know what it really means to be an alcoholic and what withdrawal symptoms may do to one. (He claims there won't be any! My eye!).
2. Most of the "facts" so wordily expostulated in the book are just platitudes known to every heavy drinker (alcohol is unhealthy and strong drinks don't taste good - well, really?)
3. Where he tries to open your eyes up to something, in most cases it comes out as an awkward misinformed statement. (Why alcoholics want to drink more and more? - Well, because alcohol dehydrates your system. It makes you thirsty - that's why you always want more beer. [Yeah, sure!])
4. In quite a few cases the author tells blatant lies. (It is a common myth, he claims, that alcohol relaxes and cheers people up. It is not true, he says. [Isn't it? Has the author ever been to a student party?]
5. His magical "instructions" that come at the end of the book are nothing but the usual quack incantations (never regret your decision, enjoy life, etc.)
To make things worse, the book is poorly written, plain repetitive and boring. It did nothing to help me out of my problem. All it did was insult my intelligence.
My advice on buying it - don't!
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