Originally Posted by
tursiops999 
...But reading all the way to the end, the authors themselves state they continue to use rather than choosing abstinence.
Originally Posted by
AlericB "Free will is an absolute. Either you have it, or you don’t. If you believe drugs can enslave you, abstain. If you believe in loss of control, abstain. If you believe in recovery, abstain. If you believe in addiction, abstain."
This paints it in an even weirder light for me. The authors write a book at odds with the goal of just about every other approach including RR (permanent abstinence), and at odds with science (addiction exists, it is a chemical transformation of our brains at the synapses, caused by overconsumption of alcohol, no serious person doubts this and there is a large pile of personal, clinical and laboratory evidence), and then finish up stating that they're still drinking?
This book may make some money for the authors, but the "Here's the path you're hoping for, the one that allows you to keep drinking just like us" approach will probably kill 10 people for every 1 it helps.