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  • How Cutting Down Can Change Your Life
  • By: Rosamund Dean
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  • Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (107 ratings)

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Mindful Drinking

By: Rosamund Dean
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Everybody knows they should drink a bit less, but good intentions are hard to keep. Mindful Drinking shows not only why you should but also how you can, in a way that will change your life forever.

Ever woken up worrying that you said the wrong thing at work drinks the night before? Felt frustrated with yourself for polishing off the entire bottle of wine when you only intended to have one glass? The emotional pull of alcohol is strong, but Mindful Drinking: How Cutting Down Will Change Your Life is here to help us cultivate a new, healthy and more mindful relationship with alcohol.

Journalist Rosamund Dean combines scientific expertise with practical advice in a game-changing four-step plan: The Problem, The Incentive, The Clean Break and The End Game. Drinking less will improve your mood, your skin and your body as well as reduce stress and anxiety for the long term.

©2017 Rosamund Dean (P)2017 Orion Publishing Group

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Not a scientific review of effective treatments, but never the less, some will find it helpful. Might be particularly useful for women caught up in a social culture of heavy drinking.

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profoundly simple

simple yet powerful. a easy to use and apply process to regain your power and vitality. thank you

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Great practical tips

Some great practical strategies to cut back on drinking. I loved it for the simplicity and real empathy the author seemed to have, given she's been through it all herself. Easy to listen to as well. Highly recommend.

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a good listen

well worth listening too. full of good practical ideas that are easy to employ. good luck.

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Be brave, take that first step!

This audio book was easy to listen too & had great tips for anyone that has thought of cutting down their drinking habits or stopping completely.

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worth a listen

The book contains relevant infomation, helpful tips and is an interesting listen. worth a go if you are considering cutting down drinking.

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  • Sheri
  • 09-01-2018

Simple, useful. Glad I took the time to listen.

It's not rocket science. Time for a break from the booze. Here's a simple how-to plan...

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  • Angie
  • 22-09-2023

Awesome

This book is exactly what I wanted- I feel like I was the one writing this as I could relate to so much of it. And this is exactly what I wanted was a healthier relationship with alcohol- not to cut it out of my life completely… I feel like most books out there are advice on becoming sober or geared towards alcoholics. I do not have a chemical dependency to alcohol, but know I abuse it for stress relief, as my way of achieving fun in any and all social situations, and made it a priority during weekends. It is time to change my mindset and habits! This book is encouraging. Thank you!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 18-08-2023

Creative reminders, nothing groundbreaking

Overall, I enjoyed this book. It was an easy background listen. The tips and tricks to drink less were nothing new and innovative. Rather, it felt like a good reminder for those ready to have a healthier relationship with alcohol and moderate drinking. I typically enjoy books read by the author, but what I felt was missing was an example of what the author's typical day, week or month looked like in her new mindful drinking world. She never quite goes there or if she did it wasn't emphasized and easily missed. She seemed to drink rather heavily prior to cutting back, so this might not resonate for those whose drinking is already moderate and they are simply looking to drink a bit less.

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  • Michelle D.
  • 09-03-2023

Great tips

This book was recommended by a friend and everything I wanted it to be! A realistic approach to having a healthier relationship with alcohol with great tips evidence to back it up.

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  • trkelly
  • 19-02-2023

Helpful

Dean’s suggestions give hope to the person who wants to cut back and not quit entirely, which I appreciate. For me, the work entailed in living by such strict rules seems harder than giving it up entirely, but I like her take on it. I hope she’s doing well and am curious if she’s still moderating now.

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  • SheilaB
  • 24-01-2023

Great book!

I appreciate all the suggestions for cutting back on alcohol. This is truly just what I needed!

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 15-11-2022

Beautiful book.

She helped me keep my sanity and for that I am forever grateful! Thank you.

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  • Joe
  • 29-05-2022

Never give up

In a nutshell, Dean's message is never give up. If things aren't working or it gets hard she always has a "try this" idea. She has been through it and knows from whence she speaks. Highly recommended.

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  • QueenOfSales
  • 03-04-2022

Exactly what I was looking for, ..very helpful...

I listened to many samples of this type of book..not a heavy drinker, but too frequent..like a bad habit at night after 2 jobs ..toying with the idea of quitting but not really feeling that necessity for that..but maybe I will end up there..in any case, I veryuch related to Rose and she is real, and gives excellent tips and im excited about diving in.

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  • Aaron
  • 10-01-2022

Good kickoff for establishing better habits

I was looking to make more conscious choices around alcohol. I don't fit the criteria of an alcoholic, but I do tend to reach for a glass of wine or whiskey when I'm feeling stressed or anxious. To help me address it, I gave this book a go. Mindful Drinking is short, simple, and easy to follow. The book is well-organized around talking 1) why we drink, 2) why heavy drinking is harmful, and 3) steps to get out of the cycle of heavy. Not everything in this book is relatable to me. The author leans into talking to and about women who are social drinkers. I'm a dude who wants to pour a heavy drink in the hours between when my kids go to bed and I do. But I was still able to take away steps that I think will work for me. I'm in the early stages of my new habits, but I have a good foundation to get me through it.

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  • Mark H.
  • 08-01-2018

So relatable!

Listening to this book I could relate to so much of what was being said, the situations faced and the thoughts and feelings associated with those situations. It’s empowering to know I can now deal with those situations in a much different way and the answer isn’t at the bottom of a bottle! Highly recommend this to anyone who knows they need to cut down but don’t quite know how to, just yet! Listen to this book and you will!

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  • Monsieur Adam
  • 02-03-2020

She was fantastic to listen to

Felt like a best friend was telling me how she improved her life . I hope I have the will power to find and respect my triggers

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  • Anonymous User
  • 25-06-2018

Good solid advice

This is a good book to get your head in gear and in the right place when it comes to thinking about drinking. It does make a nice change from all the "cut it out for good and go sober" books. This helps you put in place a realistic way to drinking AND think to cut down.
It's more prosecco & pesto, rather than pints and pork scratchings which may put some off, and there's a lot of meditation, mindfulness talk, but the clue is in the title. Well worth a listen if you're starting to lose control of how much booze you put away in the week, but don't want to quit altogether

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  • Ahammond021
  • 04-01-2020

Very insightful listen

Really enjoyed this and certainly not a gender specific book (M36 here).

So much was familiar and the recognition of triggers and tips for managing drinking in excess are fantastic. looking forward to putting them into practice.

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  • kfpt
  • 26-02-2019

Rethink your drinking

Good tips on how to cut down your drinking and think about why you drink in the first place

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 04-04-2018

Spectacular!

The most amazing, practical and up-to-date book!
Good vocabulary and very well narrated overall! Well done!

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 16-10-2023

Very accessible

Like Rosamund, I did a lot of drinking and partying during university and in my first decade of working in London. My social life shrunk enormously after having two children, one of whom is disabled, and my drinking fell into a different camp. Whilst I wasn’t boozing to dangerous levels, my glasses of wine at home felt essential to me. It’s been hard to break the cycle but the one thing that’s genuinely helped has been the Drinkaware app. This book, and Adrian Chiles’, have both been helpful to listen to as I knew I would never, ever want to quit entirely. My parents’ ill health also gave me a bit of a wake up call, and on this point I’d say the key thing about moderating or quitting is you really do need to be ready. I am finally ready and now only drink about 8/10 units in a whole week vs the 20 I was on before. I hope to reduce further as I form a stronger non-drinking habit.

Rosamund’s prose is extremely accessible - the book isn’t heavy on science or psychology, and is more like a long women’s mag article. At points I did feel the writing was a touch banal and patronising, but perhaps that’s just me - overall it’s a valuable listen.

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  • niklastommyandersson
  • 27-06-2022

Perfect place to start

Perfect start to reducing my drinking ( hoping I can get it to stick my memory )

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  • rebecca
  • 06-04-2022

Impactful!

Found this so interesting & the narrator is so relatable! Feeling this will help me to change some much needed actions in my life!

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  • Karen Around The Table
  • 05-05-2021

Refreshing

It is so refreshing to find a book which helps with cutting down, which so many of us want to do, rather than abstinence and it’s a really good manual for that.

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