He had tried "willpower" before. He’d done Dry January, white-knuckling his way through thirty-one days of deprivation, feeling like a martyr at every dinner party. By February 1st, he’d "reward" himself with a bottle of wine, and within a week, he was back at the bottom of the glass.
The most transformative moment came when he stopped looking at sobriety as a "sacrifice." Carr’s logic dismantled the illusion: If alcohol genuinely helped with stress, wouldn't the heaviest drinkers be the most relaxed people on earth? Instead, they were the most anxious, because the drink only "relieved" the withdrawal symptoms created by the previous drink. Allen Carr's Easyway to Control Alcohol
He poured the rest down the sink. He didn't feel like he was losing a friend; he felt like he’d just been told he didn't have to wear heavy, wet coats in the middle of summer anymore. He had tried "willpower" before
Then, he picked up a copy of The Easyway to Control Alcohol . The most transformative moment came when he stopped
