Stop It!

by Carole Lewis

If you have tried everything in your power to change your bad habits and lose weight, and nothing has worked, here's the answer: Stop it. Just stop it and stop it and stop it again. It's that simple.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830738398
• ISBN13: 9780830738397
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Regal Books
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Loved Stop it

This is a great book to help each person take responsiblitity for thier own actions and begin to Stop the negative self destructive cycles. Each person with the help of Jesus has the power to overcome every obstacle that may be holding them in bondage. But it all starts with the decision to choose Gods way over our own way and then STOP IT!! This book has been a real encouragement to me. Carole Lewis has a down home very easy writing style for the reader.

Terrific and Simple

STOP IT! QUIT SABOTAGING YOURSELF AND START LIVING BY CAROLE LEWIS is a quick read with much helpful advice about how to stop bad habits that undermine what you want to do and to be in life, whether it is losing weight, reaching goals, establishing a better business, family relationships, or your prayer life. Her advice is simple and filled with Christian admonitions and Bible verses. Lewis is the national director of First Place.

Pragmatic advice to Christians and non-Christians trying to cope

Carole Lewis chose too narrow a title for her book when she christened it Stop It! Yes, it does offer a lot of good advice on how to control one's appetite, but not just for food; she also talks about other unhealthy appetites, such as pornography, excessive spending, overly emotional behavior, and alcoholism. Based on a Bob Newhart comedy routine in which he, as a psychiatrist, has only one piece of advice for people who come to him for counseling ("Stop it! Stop doing bad behavior!"), this book is actually that blunt, that simple...and that logical. Lewis says that wishing for changes is silly. One must face the fact that change requires commitment, discipline, goal setting, and confidence. She advises her readers to recite the mantra of "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it some more!" every time they are prone to revert to negative behaviors. They must fight and resist bad habits by forming new behavior patterns. It won't come overnight, but it will come for those who work at it consistently. Her chapters titles sound like motivational poster sayings, such as "Stop Surviving, Start Thriving" and "Stop Relapsing, Start Resisting." Nevertheless, each chapter offers two important elements for people trying to curb destructive actions: first, there usually is a story or anecdote about someone who was facing a problem, was brought low by it, but then learned how to break free of the bondage of that poor behavior; and second, there are specific actions steps and pieces of advice the reader can follow as a way of learning to control his or her own poor behavior. The chapters share stories of people in the Bible who made poor life decisions, such as King David, and what the negative results were. There are also insights shared by addiction counselors dealing with people facing 21st century challenges. Carole Lewis is national director of First Place, a weight-loss organization, and her book does not hesitate from time to time to relate stories tied to that business or to give a promotional plug to some of its teachers and directors. I suppose that comes with the territory. But if you don't mind an occasional imbedded commercial, this book really does provide pragmatic, functional advice to Christians and non-Christians who are trying to cope with health issues, emotional traumas, or spiritual matters. -- Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, Christian Book Previews.com