Why I Won't Finish In The Realm Of The Hungry Ghosts

I read a fucking book?! I didn’t go to rehab, take a 12-step meeting, take Antabuse - I didn’t even have a craving. I read Allen Carr’s Easyway to Control Alcohol and never touched another drop after being a complete and utter lush for decades. I know the notion is as controversial as setting up a 'coffin for hire' startup (I have considered it), but for me, I found quitting alcohol easy (becoming someone that doesn’t drink alcohol is more challenging). We need to make addiction complicated because it owns us. We need people to witness our struggles. We need to feel pain and suffering. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Not for you. Or you. Or you. If I can do this, so can you. My mantra is to keep it simple stupid, and I found Gabor Mate’s book In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts to be the opposite. I am sure it has changed the lives of many people, but it’s not the approach that I take when discussing alcohol addiction, and I explain why in today’s podcast. The Truth About Alcohol We Are Not Alcoholics, and We Refuse to Be Anonymous I want to say well done to Tony for being the last person to finish the Life-Changing Experience (now known as the Intensive). I am sure Tony will agree, that TTAA philosophy is life-changing. It’s profound. It’s deep. But it’s also simple. If like me you like to keep things simple, then why not join the TTAA way? Strive. The Taster. The Intensive. Profound. Life-Changing. Simple. www.thetruthaboutalcohol.co.uk