Book description
This sensitive and accessible guide speaks directly to those who know
what it is like to know or love a problem drinker and want to help them
recover. With case studies throughout and advice based on in-depth
research into alcohol addiction and the authors' personal experiences,
Help Them Beat the Booze
offers reassurance and practical guidance, including:
*Understanding alcohol addiction
*How to communicate with a problem drinker
*Practical steps to help the drinker and yourself recover
*A guide to the treatments available, including exciting but
little-known new methods
*How to protect your children and minimize the impact on their lives in
the future
Life with a problem drinker can be challenging but, wherever you live
in the world, with the help of this practical guide you can offer
support and advice and find reasons to be hopeful.
Praise for previous work Beat the Booze by Edmund and Helen Tirbutt:
‘One of the most constructive, practical books on alcohol I’ve seen’
Mail on Sunday
Edmund Tirbutt
, a multi-award winning journalist and health insurance consultant, has
been teetotal for over 24 years after overcoming a serious drink
problem. Helen Tirbutt
, a communications and change management consultant, has been teetotal
for five years after giving up alcohol for lifestyle reasons.
Prior to writing either this book or their previous market-leading
title Beat the Booze
(Harriman House 2008), the authors knew numerous people with drink
problems. Some they managed to help, others they didn't. If they'd had
the knowledge in those days that they have now, they feel the outcomes
for those they couldn’t help may have been very different.
These life experiences have given them a passionate desire to help
other problem drinkers and their friends, families and work colleagues.
