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Not Drinking Tonight
- A Guide to Creating a Sober Life You Love
- Narrated by: Amanda E. White LPC, Suehyla El-Attar
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
In this honest discussion of mental health, the founder of Therapy for Women explores our reasons for drinking alcohol - and the benefits of taking a break.
When “retired party girl” and popular therapist Amanda White admitted she was an alcoholic, it wasn’t because she’d done something outrageous while under the influence, like land herself in jail or get married in Vegas. It was because she realized three things:
- Alcohol was making her life worse.
- Moderation wasn’t helping.
- She could not be a therapist if she continued to use alcohol to numb her life.
Something needed to change - not just her relationship with alcohol, but her relationship with herself.
Choosing not to drink can be daunting. It’s everywhere in our culture, our socializing, and our destressing. And it can seem black or white: You drink or you don’t (and if you don’t, people ask why). That’s where Not Drinking Tonight comes in. Judgement-free and relatable, Amanda helps you unpack your relationship with alcohol by showing you how to:
- Find out why you drink. Whether it’s a glass of wine after work or a weekly bar crawl, your drinking habits can be the result of everything from biology to trauma.
- Heal your relationship with alcohol. Understand how your relationships have been affecting your life, and learn how to set boundaries and create true self-care.
- Build the sober life you love. Learn what comes next - how to maintain your social life, navigate sex and relationships, and love yourself.
Not Drinking Tonight isn’t a program to stop drinking. It’s the first book to help you address the root issues that cause you to reach for a drink and create a life you love - one that is not perfect but is messy and real and one you are fully present for.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
Critic reviews
"Not Drinking Tonight is a wonderful guide to setting healthy boundaries with alcohol—and yourself. Amanda helps you dig into the root of your struggles to better understand why you drink and why you might want to stop—setting you up for a more fulfilling life all around, even if you don’t choose full sobriety. Readers will gain the self-awareness, compassion, and confidence to make choices that better serve them.”—Nedra Tawwab, MSW, LCSW, New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace
"Anyone wanting to change their relationship with alcohol must be willing to do some deep self-examination. Amanda White’s multi-layered approach offers empowerment, experience, and wisdom to those looking to begin their own journeys."—Annie Grace, author of This Naked Mind and The Alcohol Experiment
"A knowledgeable, compassionate, and supportive guide. With a wealth of examples, tools, practices, and new ways of relating to both alcohol and the self, Not Drinking Tonight will be an accessible and revelatory balm for anyone questioning the kind of life they want to create outside of drinking.”—Lisa Olivera, LMFT, author of Already Enough
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- J. J. Mills
- 11-02-24
Inspirational
Whilst primarily aimed at women, as a mixed race gay male who has struggled with addiction, she writes with warmth and compassion and the content is so very relatable it was like standing in front of a mirror. Thank you for helping me to reassess my life and take a more positive path.
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- eileen12
- 15-05-22
fantastic
absolutely loved this ❤️ helped so much in many ways ❤️ purchase you won't be disappointed
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- Clare E.
- 09-04-22
For the sober curious
A non-judgemental look at sobriety and real life tools to genuinely create a life you don’t want to escape from.
Highly recommend.
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- David
- 08-09-22
Pumping Darwinian Mythology
Constant reference to the nonsense of evolutionary theory. Usual over describing the caused and excused for alcohol abuse and little in the way of solutions. The Author is more of Darwinian Evangelist that would drive you to drink. Rubbish not worth reading.
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- Tomas
- 15-10-22
Terrible narration
The topic is a serious one, and the narrator sounds like something out of a Disney commercial. Had to stop listening as it was insufferable.
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- Jonathan Brodrick
- 07-11-22
Awful narrator
If the Pope sang Nirvana we would be confused.
Can’t get anywhere near this book because of the Clueless school girl style narration which would be great for other things but not this publication.
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- A. P. Barber
- 10-05-22
Misleading Title
This is much less a book about not drinking and much more about mindfulness and wellbeing. I am sure the title has helped it to sell more as if it had a more accurate title it wouldn't be half as popular.
Very repetitive checklists, over and over again seem to fill a lot of time.
I managed nearly 4 hours of the book before I had to give up. Just not one for me.
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