This book is not the moderation managment book. This is a very good book (imho) that addresses the various ways that alcoholics/problem drinkers quit. The author calls the subjects of the book "masters". It covers pretty much all the ways that people quit. AA, Women for Sobriety, Rational Recovery and doing on your own or building your own program. Regarding moderation, she does make the point that is mostly never works for true alcoholics. She mentions it in the book because some of the "masters" were able to drink once in a while - say at a toast at a wedding or on a holiday. There were a few in the book that do moderate, but reading it, just seemed like controlled drinking. It was really being aware of your self imposed limits and really trying to keep them.
There is a good section of the book for the families of the drinkers. It features advice from the drinkers themselves on what, if any, affect the family had on them quitting. The drinkers acknowledge that sometimes you do have to walk away and they all say that the bottom line is that the family has to do what is right for them and the drinker has to be the one to quit.
I found the book to be informative and it shows that if you truly want to quit, there are various ways that it can be done.
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