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336 reviews for:
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life
Annie Grace
3.99 AVERAGE
336 reviews for:
This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life
Annie Grace
3.99 AVERAGE
At the beginning of the book, Grace makes the huge claim that this book will transform your mind and kill your appetite for alcohol. I rolled my eyes at this and thought this woman has no idea how much I love sparkling wine. While I do still think that was a wee bit presumptuous, there is some truth to that statement. When I finished the book, I was 18 days dry, feeling great, and my desire to drink had significantly decreased.
Grace talks about alcohol in a new way. She stops defending it and calls it what it is - an addictive poison. She exposes the lies we’ve been conditioned to believe (thank you, advertising industry) - we need alcohol to relax, to have fun, to be at ease in social situations, etc.
Two-thirds through the book, Grace changes her tune from I’m not telling you to never drink again to gotcha! don’t ever drink again.
I was expecting the book would be more science and research-based and less anecdotal but I still gained a lot from it. If you are struggling with controlling your alcohol intake, I would recommend giving this book a read.
Grace talks about alcohol in a new way. She stops defending it and calls it what it is - an addictive poison. She exposes the lies we’ve been conditioned to believe (thank you, advertising industry) - we need alcohol to relax, to have fun, to be at ease in social situations, etc.
Two-thirds through the book, Grace changes her tune from I’m not telling you to never drink again to gotcha! don’t ever drink again.
I was expecting the book would be more science and research-based and less anecdotal but I still gained a lot from it. If you are struggling with controlling your alcohol intake, I would recommend giving this book a read.
As many critics of this book already explained very well that the citations within are not fact-checked and / or are gross opinionated misrepresentations of actual scientific study, I won’t be annoyingly repetitive (unlike the book). I’m convinced I am divorcing alcohol, if for no other reason besides not having to read another book like this again. It’s skimmable, and maybe the chapters called “Liminal Points” are worthwhile, not for their scientific merit, but for the sake of intellectual exercise. The last 100 pages were repetitive and rambling train of thought. I was disappointed overall.
I loved the science and reporting of research, but my god this book was repetitive.
Great ideas, great message, but I found it difficult to read. It’s very repetitive (on purpose) and at times a bit condescending. But still overall helpful.
Pop quiz: which of these is the crime?
a) Drinking while female, or
b) Rape
the answer may surprise you!
a) Drinking while female, or
b) Rape
the answer may surprise you!
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A little bit repetitive. But overall good vibes and useful perspectives to think about
So this book is pretty heavy and dry. It took me a little while to soak it up. I feel like I’m making alcohol puns without meaning to haha so I had already made the decision to quit drinking a few weeks before I got this book. So although we are warned it would be repetitive to help the points sink in, it was just a bit too much for me. I actually expected a warmer, wittier book after listening to the authors podcast. But it’s important. It really digs in to the mental and physical tolls alcohol takes on our bodies and the way these points are discarded in society. I did learn a lot from this book. But found it to be a bit of a lecture. And although I won’t touch alcohol again I kept getting annoyed with how the author would state she doesn’t like rules in one breath but say no alcohol at all in the second? Just rubbed me up the wrong way. All in all I would still recommend and would advise to read slowly, which I think the author herself recommends. I do agree with all the points made in this one. Be kind to yourself ❤️
This book was a bit repetitive (though the author does warn us of the book's repetitiveness and the reasoning for this in the opening chapter), but my main qualm was with the oversimplified, overgeneralized language around alcohol use.
There was some interesting research included about the physically addictive properties of alcohol, but the author did not include any research on trauma and its role in developing an emotional need for substances. In my opinion this was a huge gap in the book, and a crucial component for folks to reflect on when examining their substance use.
Knowing the chemical, bodily changes that occur when we become addicted to something is an important piece to recovery, but I believe it is also (maybe more) important to begin to heal our emotional root causes.
There was some interesting research included about the physically addictive properties of alcohol, but the author did not include any research on trauma and its role in developing an emotional need for substances. In my opinion this was a huge gap in the book, and a crucial component for folks to reflect on when examining their substance use.
Knowing the chemical, bodily changes that occur when we become addicted to something is an important piece to recovery, but I believe it is also (maybe more) important to begin to heal our emotional root causes.