The intention of The Alcohol Experiment is to lower all barriers to asking the simple question - "would my life be happier if I was drinking less? As an overachiever, she realized this was negatively impacting her life on many levels, and she set out to find out what was involved in quitting.

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Packed with insightful science-based information, practical tips and incredible stories of people just like you, this blog is our little corner of the internet designed to uplift you, make you smile and give you hope! Alcohol dependency has such a stigma attached to it that we don’t want to let on even to ourselves that we think we might have a problem in controlling it.Another key moment from the book is the concept of liking how alcohol tastes and the concept of "acquired taste". Alcohol isn’t what made that man homeless, it’s just a way he tries to deal with what did make him homeless.

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Unfortunately, it didn't seem to serve her thesis very well—in fact, it had the opposite effect, as the repetition made me wonder when she would get around to her thesis.As a scientist I did think that one flaw with the book was its lack of references, but overall I bought what it had to say even without specific links to the data that backs it up. I found this reassuring, as I had embarked on my own journey of living alcohol-free 14 months prior to reading the book. I have imbibed less on each occasion, and there have been fewer occasions in total when I’ve had a drink than there would have been otherwise.

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Some of the science was interesting, some of the possibilities of the unconscious mind intrigued me, but the rest of the book can be summed up in one sentence: Alcohol is bad and the key to living sober is awareness and acceptance. Because ultimately I’m not ashamed to be striving for personal growth, even if it means adding books on depression and anxiety. I am no longer in control, and the only time I am brave enough to admit it (even to myself ) is alone, in the dark, at three in the morning.I don't care much about alcohol, it's not that I despise or even avoid it, it's just never been an integral part of my life. Alcohol on the other hand is, as Annie Grace states early on, the only drug you have to justify not taking. Our mission is to foster a universal passion for reading by partnering with authors to help create stories and communicate ideas that inform, entertain, and inspire. I feel like she's trying to simplify issues that are way more complex based on what is true for her personally.