The 30-Day Sobriety Solution - by Jack Canfield & Dave Andrews (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jack Canfield comes a powerful, science-based program to help you cut back or quit drinking and reclaim your best life--one day at a time.

The 30-Day Sobriety Solution grew out of Jack Canfield's decades-long work in self-esteem and success training. Its principles were carefully developed into a program by Dave Andrews and tested by thousands whose inspiring stories of recovery are shared throughout the book. Organized into five phases that span 30-day periods, this book guides you through each day with practical exercises that, over time, allow you to more easily make positive choices again and again.

Integrating neuroscience, cognitive therapy, proven tools, and teachings, The 30-Day Sobriety Solution's daily program will help you achieve your goals--whether that's getting sober or just cutting back--and create positive, permanent change in your life.

Review Quotes

"The 30-Day Sobriety Solution brings the power of positive psychology to recovery, and by integrating it with other proven techniques and tools for life change, Jack and Dave have created the new standard for achieving sobriety."--Shawn Achor, happiness researcher and bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage

"A day-by-day path to sobriety that combines research-based, practical techniques with principles tested over eight years and thousands of hours with program participants... Sensitively written yet no-nonsense guide."-- "Publishers Weekly (starred review)"

"Geared toward problem drinkers struggling to cut back or quit drinking as well as those who want to be reinspired in recovery, this volume proposes a five-phase plan using success principles, goal setting, visualizations, neuroscience, and cognitive therapies to assist readers in identifying the reasons for drinking, defeating the dread of quitting, cultivating gratitude, and taking pleasure in confidence-building activities.... For readers who sincerely want to stop drinking the lessons in this book will pave the way."-- "Library Journal"

"If you know anyone who is struggling with alcohol and addiction, please give them this book. It offers a breakthrough approach that will help them experience deep and lasting happiness."--Marci Shimoff, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Happy for No Reason

"Not everyone wants to join a support group to deal with their drinking problems. With that in mind...Canfield and Andrews carefully guide readers through a series of daily "solutions," which include psychological insights, personal accounts (some from celebrities), and honest appraisal.... The overall tone is nonthreatening and compassionate....Anyone who needs to be kept on track or inspired will find genuine help in this honest, insightful book."-- "Booklist"

"The 30-Day Sobriety Solution is a great book. It combines the best techniques of the human potential (EFT Tapping, neurolinguistic programming, life-purpose exercises, goal setting, meditation, guided visualization, affirmations, journaling), with the best approaches from recovery counseling and coaching in a comprehensive approach that works to overcome alcohol abuse and addiction."--John Gray, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Men Are from Mars, Women are from Venus, What You Feel You Can Heal, and Staying Focused in a Hyper World

"The 30-Day Sobriety Solution is an amazing step-by-step program for getting your drinking (or any addiction) under control. It uses the latest and greatest methods for overcoming addictions. Even if you're not ready to quit alcohol entirely, this book will help you avoid the problems associated with abusing alcohol--or any other substance. I highly recommend it."--Jonathan Robinson, M.A., M.F.T., author of "The Technology of Joy," and former clinical director of the National Council of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

"This is a wonderful, thoughtful book that will guide you and inspire you to get complete control over your drinking problem once and for all."--Brian Tracy, bestselling author of No Excuses, Maximum Achievement, and Change Your Life

"Using positive psychology and systematic instructions . . . inspirational reports from folks who have beaten alcoholism . . ., Canfield and Andrews's focus . . . is on empowering people to overcome it."-- "Bookpage"

About the Author

Jack Canfield is co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul(R) series, which includes forty New York Times bestsellers, and coauthor of The Success Principles: How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. He is a leader in the field of personal transformation and peak performance and is currently CEO of the Canfield Training Group and Founder and Chairman of the Board of The Foundation for Self-Esteem. An internationally renowned corporate trainer and keynote speaker, he lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Dave Andrews has been a featured "sobriety expert" on more than fifty national and international talk shows. As "America's #1 Sobriety Coach," he is the leading expert in helping others recover, reclaim, and reinvent their lives without alcohol, and serves on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit organizations Young People in Recovery and Advocates for Recovery. CEO of The 30-Day Solution, LLC, he resides outside Denver, Colorado, with his family, and has been sober for over eight years.