The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober

The Unexpected Joy Of Being Sober will help you have a happier and healthier life by persuasively revealing the many disadvantages of alcohol and the benefits of going without it permanently.

Alcohol is bad for you, and we’ll get to that in a moment. But it also causes the most damage of any drug on the planet. A 2009 report from British scientists ranked the health dangers of different drugs on a scale of 0 to 100. Alcohol came in at the top with a score of 72! That’s greater than heroin at 55 and crack at 54.

In the words of Professor David Nutt, organizer of the report:

Only a few drinks are okay, right? Everything in moderation? Actually, according to the chief medical officer in the UK, “there is no level of regular drinking that can be considered completely safe.” And it gets worse.

Each time you put alcohol into your body you are consuming neurotoxins that cause cancer. It’s even bad enough to be a first-class carcinogen. In other words, alcohol is just as cancer-causing as asbestos or cigarettes! Researchers from Boston University have found that only one 1.5 alcoholic units a day can put you at risk.

Oh, but what about the red wine studies, you say? They found it was healthy, right? Actually, resveratrol, the same substance for which they declared a glass of red wine is “good for you,” is found in much higher amounts in other foods, including dark chocolate. Not only that but the amount of it in red wine is tiny anyway! It’s just not worth the toxins.

We’ve only scraped the tip of the iceberg of the many reasons this book teaches that you shouldn’t drink alcohol. But just consider that giving it up means a healthier life. No more hangovers, facial bloating, bloodshot eyes, or nights you can’t remember what kind of trouble you got into. Now that you see the greener side of sobriety you get the hard task of combating drinking culture. But don’t worry, just think of it like building a muscle. Don’t lift too much at first. Start small and work your way up. The hardest part might be social situations, many of which are in locations that serve alcohol. To beat this, try new places. You might go to a sober morning rave or invite your friends to an alcohol-free bar or restaurant. Eventually, you’re going to have to be at some event where there’s booze. To remain mentally strong and keep a healthy distance from this carcinogen, compare fantasy to reality. You fantasize about just one afternoon drink. But the reality is that it usually resulted in a long drinking session that affected…