Win Back Your Weekend

You don't have a drug or alcohol problem.

You have a personal problem, and you're using drugs and alcohol to cope.

Most of the world doesn't see it this way.

Most of the world, including many of the support systems available, often address problematic usage of drugs and alcohol on a purely behavioural level, which is why most approaches either:

a) fail, or

b) require a dependency on someone or something else.

Yes, you will likely require support on your journey.

But if you need constant support for more than a few years afterwards, you've swapped one dependency for another.

Admittedly, it's a healthier, more effective dependency, but it is still dependency, so it's not an effective long-term solution if you believe in, and want to experience personal freedom.

Personal freedom, in this context, means being able to choose if and when you partake in the consumption of drugs and alcohol.

Personal freedom also means:

• being able to say no, and feeling great about it.

• being able to say yes, and feeling great about it.

• addressing personal problems so you no longer need, depend upon, or find yourself addicted to drugs and/or alcohol.

• creating life on your own terms (more on what this means explained inside the book).

When you address personal problems and create a life on your own terms, you'll rarely find yourself wanting to drink or take drugs, as consuming these will take you away from how good you feel.

This book helps you:

• identify the core 'problem/s' that cause you to drink and/or take drugs more than you would like

• understand the reason why your attempts at 'having a quiet one' fail

• learn the four key pillars that help you deal with your personal problems and create life on your own terms

• alleviate the guilt and or shame you experience for not being able to change this behaviour sooner

• improve your physical and mental health

...and so much more!

N.B. Win Back Your Weekend does NOT focus upon changing your usage on drugs and alcohol, as this happens naturally (and much more easily!) once you address the parts of your life you've been avoiding. Until you are willing to look at, and address, your personal problems, you will continue to struggle and you will find ways to cope.

That may mean swapping out alcohol and drugs for something else. Effective? Yes. But it doesn't guarantee a peaceful mind and a life that actually feels good to live. This approach gives you the foundation pieces to do both.

Also, this book is NOT a foolproof guide, nor is it a magical pill that's going to make this quick and easy for you, like so many approaches claim to do. However, this approach is highly effective long-term.

This is, in fact, the exact process I used to break free from frequent weekend benders, a rubber arm that couldn't say no (like, ever!) along with the recurring Monday morning promise to myself of 'having a quiet one' next weekend, which would almost always be broken by Friday. So yes, I've been there! 😉

I rarely take drink or take drugs anymore. I can, and I do sometimes indulge.

But never to cope. Never to escape. Never to numb.

Just for the pure enjoyment that comes from the experience.

This approach didn't just work for me...

In less than 12 months, one of my clients went from spending over $1000 a week on partying, to enjoying the occasional night out every few months. In that time, she also started a side project, broke up with a toxic boyfriend, ended toxic friendships, found more passionate work and re-engaged with childhood hobbies. She also met her now husband and is now married with her first child.

She doesn't go to meetings, nor does she require my support anymore because she has created a life that feels so good to experience.

She says: "After working with Adam, my headspace is clear and I am hands down the happiest I have ever been in my entire life. I love who I am, for all of me, and my past."

The truth is, you don't have to give up everything forever.

However, it's not always required.

This book empowers you to create a life where you are happy and actually in control, not dependent upon alcohol, drugs or other people in order to cope for the rest of your life.