This book does exactly what the title promises.
Why some people drink destructively has puzzled many people for a long time. Why do you wake up promising yourself you will never do it again, but doing it over and over? Or why does your loved one continue to self-destruct, even if they promise to stop? If you are a problem drinker or love someone who is – then this book is for you.
Written by an addictions therapist and recovered alcoholic, Why You Drink and How to Stop peers into the darkness of alcoholism and lays out the reasons that alcoholics drink the way they do.
Based on her years of experience working with addicts and alcoholics and her own personal struggle with alcoholism, Veronica explores how alcoholics think, feel and react differently to the world, and shows how these are the engines that drive someone to destructive drinking.
In three comprehensive sections she explores how alcoholism is the symptom of a spiritual illness, and then goes on to lay out the solution.
This book is a must for anyone who has despaired over their own or anyone else’s drinking.
You will read this book with a growing clarity that leads to hope. You will put it down knowing there is a solution.
Targeted Age Group:
18 +
How is Writing In Your Genre Different from Others?
I don’t approach alcoholism as a medical illness but as a spiritual one. Alcoholism as a condition of a broken spirit manifests itself long before someone starts drinking. Alcohol is used to manage an internal condition simply because no there method has been effectively devised. I hope that my readers will leave finally understanding why they feel they way they do and then ultimately why they drink.
What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers?
Work with a really good editor. I was fortunate enough to meet a great editor who believed in my work. She transformed my work and how I write. I learnt s much from her and will be forever grateful for the experience. If working with an editor isn’t an option then go to as many writing classes as you can.
Author Bio:
Veronica has worked as a therapist and life coach specialising in addiction for over ten years; her experience includes working with young people in the criminal justice system, primary care adult treatment, outreach services and private practice. Veronica has also worked in local government, delivering local drug and alcohol strategies.
As a recovered alcoholic and drug addict, she has personal experience of what it takes to recover from an addiction. Veronica struggled with alcoholism through most of her twenties. As a binge drinker, she was aware for some time that something was wrong but was unable to define what it was; a chance meeting led to her finally getting help and turning her life around.
At the height of her addiction, Veronica was unable to go to work without the aid of a drink; her life and confidence were in tatters. She got sober in 2000 at the age of twenty-seven. She now uses this experience to help and inspire others. She fully believes that all alcoholics and addicts can recover if they have access to the right kind of help, and that they can then go on to live life to the full.
She is committed to educating and informing the public on problem drinking and addiction and has appeared regularly on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire as a specialist guest. She has also appeared on the Lorraine Kelly show on ITV, and an ITV programme entitled The Truth About Binge Drinking; she has also appeared in national magazines and publications, discussing recovery from alcoholism.
My husband. I’m an addictions therapist, life coach and recovered alcoholic, my husband heard me give talks on alcoholism and said that I really should write a book on what I know. He then marched me to a book coach and helped get me started. A couple of clients had also said that I explained what alcoholism in a really unique and understandable way and that I should write a book about what I’d learned. I feel that alcoholism is really misunderstood and I wanted to try and reach as many people as I could.
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