The Thinking Person's Guide to Sobriety
Author: Bert Pluymen
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ISBN: 0312254288
Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback (10 January, 2000)
Sales Rank: 26,699
Average Customer Rating: 4.11 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Dishonest 4/19/02 Review "Not for Everyone"
This book is not about religion and never recommends church. It is a SEXY, HUMOROUS, AND SCIENTIFIC journey through the joys and pitfalls of drinking--and the joys of sobriety. I highly recommend it to anyone who is curious enough about their drinking to have searched this far. If you are an intelligent, accomplished person, who enjoys wine, beer, and fine scotch as much as I did, but wonders about partying too much--you have found a home in this great book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Recovery need not be a dreary struggle
Bert Pluymen's book is without doubt one of the best of it's ilk, I should know, I've read a whole lot! It's message is conveyed with good humour and relates directly to those of us that have not been 'forced' into recovery by a courtroom judge or a doctor. I believe there are probably more of this type of problem drinker than the cliched alcoholic types and this is why Bert's book is so essential. He takes the reader to task in an affable way, to question whether or not the amount they are drinking is doing them more harm than good - there is no sledge hammer/walnut scenario here - thank God!This is an extremely helpful book for anyone currently questioning their drinking habits and I can thoroughly reccomend it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
The Bridge
In Alcoholics Obvious, all of my waking time it seemed was spent thinking of drinking, drinking or passed out from drinking. When I was "sober", my thoughts where influenced by alcohol, and I made a choice to pour more into my body. And I felt miserable and when I became miserable "enough", I came into AA screaming for help. The bottom was when I stopped digging.The Thinking Persons Guide to Sobriety was the bridge to AA and early sobriety. What I really wanted to know is "There a Solution"? I wanted to find the loophole. The easier softer way. I did not want to sit with a bunch of old guys, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Tell me Bert... please.. is there such thing as hip sobriety, happy sobriety, and a content life? It opened my eyes to the possibility that I could not drink and be happy. I learned that Same Man, Same Result, Changed Man, Changed Result. This book provided the opportunity to explore intellectually my options prior to making the decision, the decision to change.
I have been blessed with a life without alcohol or drugs for over 5 years now and the truth is that no one is more surprised than me. As it states in one of the promises of AA, I have truly found a new freedom and a new happiness. I have found in AA a fellowship, a wonderful mosaic of true friends, a common solution to my problem, opportunities to be of service and a relationship with a Power that not only keeps me sober, opens my heart to the possibilities and an ability to wonder.
One last thought, I have a Native American sponsor, and not once has she suggested that a sweat lodge would be a solution, never have I been told that The Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed or Allah is the "solution". Neither does this book. I have many friends in AA who have a religious affiliation and many that don't. This book guided me to know, my conception of a "Higher Power" is my choice.
I do not know if the reader here has a problem with alcohol. I do know if you want conscious information by someone who has walked the path and are looking for your own, this book might be helpful. What is at risk really, the cost of a two or three cocktails or a life of unimaginable possibility?
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