The Miracle Method: A Radically New Approach to Problem Drinking
Author: Scott D. Miller, Insoo Kim Berg
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ISBN: 0393315339
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company (December, 1996)
Sales Rank: 64,624
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Moderation Management or Brief Solution Focus
This book is an excellent resource for those seeking a well established alternative to the pathology/deficit/disease focus of traditional 12-Step programs. I believe the reviewer who rated this book with 1 star was confused on its origns. Audrey Kishline is the founder of Moderation Management while Insoo Kim Berg (a contributor) & Steve de Shazer (both out of Milwaukee) are the founders of the Brief Solution Focus Method of Therapy. MM was founded as self-help group. BSF was developed by educated and trained therapists with practical experience. The Brief Solution Focus Method serves as the foundation for this book. A couple of it's main points are: there is hope for the future and there is no "one size fits all program." It is an excellent read whether or not you accept its premise.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Kishline? What Kishline?
wcdancer appears to be under the impression that Audrey Kishline is somehow associated with this book. In fact, though, her book was a completely separate one and she is not one of the authors of this book at all. Potential readers should weigh wcdancer's opinions accordingly. :-)This book presents common-sense methods for changing your life, essentially by beginning to live the life you want to live eventually. It's not the single best thing I ever read, but it's a breath of fresh air compared to the dreary old advice to abase yourself, label yourself defective and diseased, and turn your entire life over to "God as we understood Him."
If you're a devoted 12-stepper, this may anger or even frighten you. If you're looking for a more positive approach which doesn't condemn you to obsessing over alcohol for the rest of your life, you might like this. It's certainly worth a read.
Rating: 1 out of 5
A Bunch of BS
Please note that the founder of this "movement" just pleaded guilty to vehicular homicde.. Her blood level was 3 times normal alcohol levels. This kind of thinking cost two innocent people their lives. One of whom was 12 years old. While the idea that "moderate dinking" has been widely publicized, the fact that the founder of this movement,Audrey Kishline, has killed someone while drunk, has received scant report. Similar Products
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