The Small Book: A Revolutionary Alternative for Overcoming Alcohol and Drug Dependence

by Jack Trimpey

Book Overview

Offering an alternative to twelve-step programs, a supportive guide explains how to identify the impulse to use intoxicants, learn self-control, value sobriety, and replace addiction with self-supportive behaviors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440507251
• ISBN13: 9780440507253
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

How to improve your life

This book improved my life in more ways than I can fit into this review. It can improve your life too. Author released new version, and claims ideas in this book are outdated. But his advice is truly timeless, and his plan really works.

Great-but dated

This book is an excellent, yet dated, alternative to all of the "pro-12-Step" literature pervasing "addiction treatment" methodologies. The problem, is IT NEEDS A CURRENT EDITION! Much of the material was written when "Rational Recovery Systems" still advocated local support groups of it's brand (Rational Recovery not only no longer believes in this, but is ANTI-recovery group of ANY KIND!). If this book's content could be revised and updated, it would be to it's benefit. The material of it's foundation is solid, and remains stable. If only 21st century examples could be cited to support what "Rational Recovery" has now evolved into.

Saving My Son

This book has done more to save my son, who has been a drug addict for the last 10 years, than all three of the rehab clinics and AA meetings combined. For the first time in years, he is actually thinking positive and feeling good about himself. He also encouraged me to read it too. It is a great book for anyone, whether you are an addict or not.

This book saved my life.

The comment above is not made lightly- I was a drunk for 25 years and made several attempts to quit, but could never understand why AA didn't work for me. Everything I ever read on alcoholism was AA oriented, and I thought the only way to quit was to spend the rest of my life in smoky church basements telling my problems to strangers. This book was the voice I'd been looking for, that let me know that there were other ways to think about alcoholism. I don't mean to knock AA because it has helped so many people. But it just didn't work for me. Reading this book was like turning a light on my Beast within. If you want to stop drinking and get control of your life, please try this book. It worked for me.

Excellent ! Excellent! Excellent !!! TWO THUMBS UP!!!!!!

The BEST book I have come across in the subject of recovery from addictions. This is the best gift you can give yourself or others trying to break the habit. Also, check out Rational Recovery..The New Cure for Substance Addiction by Jack Trimpey.