Sobering: Lessons Learnt the Hard Way on Drinking, Thinking and Quitting - Softcover

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<p><strong>&#8216;Unique, honest, witty, occasionally shocking, you need this uplifting, amazing book in your life.&#8217;&#160;</strong><strong>Steve Bland, <em>You, Me and the Big C</em></strong></p><p><em>&#8216;I don&#8217;t know if I was born with it, caught it or bought it; I just know that, at some point in my life, a line was crossed: I needed a drink to get through life, to calm the nerves and quiet the head, and I became reliant on alcohol to change how I felt.&#8217;</em></p><p><em>Sobering</em>&#160;is the story of an insecure teenager turned Liverpudlian party girl, schoolteacher turned alcoholic and now recovering alcoholic turned award-winning podcaster.&#160;Melissa&#8217;s story is as dramatic as her unique voice, but her message is universal:&#160;mental health issues often drive vulnerable people to addiction and working on mental health and personal development can help&#160;recovery.</p><p>Written with the expert help of rehab and addiction specialists, and with insights from other recovering alcoholics and addicts, <em>Sobering</em> covers everything from denial, isolation and shame to getting help and rebuilding relationships.</p><p>This is a personal story with a mission: to help anyone worried about their drinking to understand themselves and move forward with wisdom to make that hardest decision of all &#8211; to stay sober.</p><p><strong>&#8216;Melissa&#8217;s unique combination of authenticity, personal experience and humour makes for an incredibly refreshing take on addiction and recovery. A much-needed book that will help individuals to find hope and society to rethink substance misuse.&#8217;&#160;</strong><strong>Shahroo Izadi, author of <em>The Kindness Method</em></strong></p>

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