Chris Leuchtenburg's Reviews > This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life

I read this book because I wanted to cut back on my drinking which had grown to three glasses a night over the years -- not life destroying, but too much. Most books about alcohol target alcoholism, so I was excited to finally find a book about controlling alcohol rather than abstinence. But that is not what this book is about.

The author argues that since alcohol is an addictive substance, it is not safe for anybody to drink -- eventually, we will all experience the vomiting and hangovers that resulted from her two plus bottles of wine. She states repeatedly that alcohol gives no pleasure and that we were blissfully free of anxiety before we started drinking. So, the only rational decision, as anyone can see, is abstinence. I accept that that was her experience, but not mine.

She never describes any particular program other than to realize how bad, bad, bad alcohol is. Her strident preaching reminded me of the "Just Say No" programs.