This revolutionary workbook by the leading voices of the Moderation Management treatment approach is based on the extensive scientific literature that supprts moderation as a resolution for drinking problems. It uses research-based techniques to help readers discover whether they are a problem drinker or an alchoholic. The former are then helped to make an informed decision about whether to pursue moderation over abstinence..

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"Some people with alcohol problems can learn to moderate their drinking, while others cannot drink at all without serious consequences. For people in the first category, this book provides a uniquely practical way of addressing their drinking problems. It is written with clarity and with illuminating clinical examples that will be valuable to both drinkers and their families."--Marc Galanter, MD, Division of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, NYU School of Medicine

In 1994 as a result of their alcoholism, Lilian and Murdoch MacDonald were down and out, sleeping rough in the streets and parks of Cambridge, England. Refusing to accept what they consider to be the outmoded myths and dogma of Alcoholics Anonymous, they set about searching for the underlying causes of their self-harming behaviour problem, which they discovered lay in childhood. As a result of their endeavours, the couple are leading normal lives again, and they are also now able to drink alcohol responsibly again, if and when they so wish.

Ethan Nadelman, executive director, Lindesmith Center Drug Policy Foundation: Personal dignity and responsibility as well as compassion and the recognition that one's steps take place one day at a time are fundamental to both harm reduction and 12-steps approaches to drug addiction. Tatarsky's excellent new paradigm rescues these principles with courage, compassion, and intellectual rigor. Harm reduction psychotherapy has come of age.

Kishline, founder and president of Moderation Management, presents a nine-step plan for those who wish to moderate their alcohol intake rather than quit altogether. She aligns herself with those scientists who believe there is no biological basis for alcoholism, which leads Kishline to the conclusion that drinking to excess is a "learned behavior" rather than a disease.

Jan Blomqvist, Ph.D., Addiction Researcher, Stockholm: There is a widespread belief that the only alternative left to people with severe alcohol problems, is to submit to being a 'non-practicing alcoholic' and to commit oneself to life-long total abstinence. Contrary to this, modern research has recurrently showed that there are multiple paths to stable recovery from such problems, and that quite a few do resume non-problematic drinking.

This revolutionary moderate drinking program, based on the successful Drink/Link Alcohol Moderation Programs, was the first self-help book of its kind. It teaches at-risk drinkers how to modify drinking habits, reduce alcohol consumption and prevent alcoholism on their own at home - no group meetings or professional help are required.

"A tremendous resource for individuals who drink too much and have some negative effects from their drinking but who are not significantly alcohol dependent. Levy does an excellent job of helping readers determine if they have an alcohol problem and sets up very clear and simple steps to moderate drinking for those who are not better recommended to an abstinence lifestyle." -- Andrew F. Angelino, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Most Americans believe that the only way to control the devastating addiction of alcohol is total abstinence. But now those views are being challenged and the means of treatment re-examined.