Part I: Introduction. Thinking about Drinking. Why Change? Is Moderation for You? Part II: When You Drink. Getting Started. Keeping Track. Taking Charge. Slowing Down. Refusing Drinks. Affirming Your Progress. Moving Along. Part III: Before You Drink. Discovering Your Triggers. Places. People. Days and Times. Feelings. Other Triggers. Summary: Before You Drink. Part IV: Instead of Drinking. Changing Yourself by Living 'As If'. Maintaining Your Minimum Daily Requirement of Pleasant Activities. Talking Caringly and Wisely to Yourself. Sleeping Well. Relaxing. Managing Anxiety and Fear. Coping with Negative Moods and Depression. Maintaining a Positive Self-concept. Being Assertive. Relating to Others. Part V: How Are You Doing? When Abstinence Seems Like the Best Choice for You. Sources of Help. Appendix A: The Wrath of Grapes: Reasons for Concern? Appendix B: An Inventory of Alcohol-related Problems? Appendix C: Tables for Estimating Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC).
William R. Miller, PhD, is Distinguished
Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of New
Mexico. The author of numerous books, including Motivational
Interviewing and Quantum Change, he conducts research that focuses
on providing a broader and more effective range of treatment
approaches for people with alcohol and other drug problems. He is
also well known for his work on the integration of spirituality and
psychology. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Ricardo F. Muñoz, PhD, is Professor of Psychology
in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San
Francisco, and Chief Psychologist at San Francisco General
Hospital. His major areas of expertise are the prevention and
treatment of depression, and how depression affects substance use,
including smoking. He has coauthored several books, including
Control Your Depression and The Prevention of Depression.
"Some people with alcohol problems can learn to moderate their
drinking, while others cannot drink at all without serious
consequences. For people in the first category, this book provides
a uniquely practical way of addressing their drinking problems. It
is written with clarity and with illuminating clinical examples
that will be valuable to both drinkers and their families." - Marc
Galanter, NYU School of Medicine, USA"If you want to build a
healthier relationship with alcohol, this highly readable book is a
gold mine of practical information based on the latest scientific
studies. Filled with wonderfully detailed examples, tips, and
tools, this is destined to become the guide for people seeking to
make the best personal decisions about the role of alcohol in their
lives. The discussions of overdrinking, "dumb drinking," harmful
drinking, and dependent drinking are by themselves worth the price
of the book. Finally, a book that eschews labels and just provides
commonsense advice on how to drink smarter and how to figure out if
you shouldn't be drinking at all. The authors are to be commended
for injecting a breath of reason into a long, acrimonious debate
that has generated more heat than light." - William L. White,
author of Slaying the Dragon"This book is a gem for drinkers who
want to cut down. Drs. Miller and Muñoz have taken a complex topic
and distilled it to its essence. Unlike many self-help books that
tout how easy it is to change your behavior, Controlling Your
Drinking takes an honest, balanced approach. While not everyone who
overdrinks can learn how to moderate their drinking, this guide
tells you what you need to know and do if you are to be successful.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book." - Reid K. Hester, Behavior
Therapy Associates, Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Controlling Your Drinking provides something few of us are ever
given: practical, nonjudgmental guidance on how to drink
responsibly. The book respectfully empowers the reader with skills
to take charge of problem drinking. The renowned authors offer
straightforward, research-based strategies for knowing if and when
controlled drinking might work, how to go about it, and what to do
if the approach is not for you. This book offers a potpourri of
tactics not only for managing your drinking, but also for managing
your life." - Anne M. Fletcher, author of Sober for Good
"Some people with alcohol problems can learn to moderate their
drinking, while others cannot drink at all without serious
consequences. For people in the first category, this book provides
a uniquely practical way of addressing their drinking problems. It
is written with clarity and with illuminating clinical examples
that will be valuable to both drinkers and their families." - Marc
Galanter, NYU School of Medicine, USA"If you want to build a
healthier relationship with alcohol, this highly readable book is a
gold mine of practical information based on the latest scientific
studies. Filled with wonderfully detailed examples, tips, and
tools, this is destined to become the guide for people seeking to
make the best personal decisions about the role of alcohol in their
lives. The discussions of overdrinking, "dumb drinking," harmful
drinking, and dependent drinking are by themselves worth the price
of the book. Finally, a book that eschews labels and just provides
commonsense advice on how to drink smarter and how to figure out if
you shouldn't be drinking at all. The authors are to be commended
for injecting a breath of reason into a long, acrimonious debate
that has generated more heat than light." - William L. White,
author of Slaying the Dragon"This book is a gem for drinkers who
want to cut down. Drs. Miller and Muñoz have taken a complex topic
and distilled it to its essence. Unlike many self-help books that
tout how easy it is to change your behavior, Controlling Your
Drinking takes an honest, balanced approach. While not everyone who
overdrinks can learn how to moderate their drinking, this guide
tells you what you need to know and do if you are to be successful.
I wholeheartedly recommend this book." - Reid K. Hester, Behavior
Therapy Associates, Albuquerque, New Mexico
"Controlling Your Drinking provides something few of us are ever
given: practical, nonjudgmental guidance on how to drink
responsibly. The book respectfully empowers the reader with skills
to take charge of problem drinking. The renowned authors offer
straightforward, research-based strategies for knowing if and when
controlled drinking might work, how to go about it, and what to do
if the approach is not for you. This book offers a potpourri of
tactics not only for managing your drinking, but also for managing
your life." - Anne M. Fletcher, author of Sober for Good
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