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Cold Turkey

How to Quit Drinking by Not Drinking

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By: Mishka Shubaly
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From best-selling Kindle Singles author Mishka Shubaly comes Cold Turkey, a step by step roadmap for approaching the harrowing first month of sobriety. Himself 10 years sober, Shubaly addresses the slippery nature of alcoholism, and the messy, anxiety-ridden process of making the decision to stop drinking once and for all.

For Shubaly, there is no one-size-fits-all plan. He refutes the notion that the one and only solution for those struggling are 12-step programs and provides a guide for those who want a different approach to getting sober. This is a how-to for those who are serious about taking their lives back, but are ready to define their sobriety on their own terms.

In the process, Shubaly exposes - in brutal, up-close, and yes, even absurd and funny detail - what drove him to drink, how he put the bottle down, and the surprising life that awaited him when he did. Cold Turkey real, practical, and intimate advice for those struggling, straight from someone who has really been there. Sure, he understands that for the first three days, you might need to eat all the pizza and all the greasy Chinese food. But he also understands the urgent need to improve your life and habits little by little, day by day. Shubaly, no doubt, becomes the listener’s cheerleader. He wants anyone struggling to succeed.

Ultimately, the takeaway is very simple; if Shubaly did it, you can too. And more than that, he’ll be right there with you every step of the way.

©2019 Mishka Shubaly (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC.
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About the Creator and Performer

Mishka Shubaly is the author of seven best-selling Kindle Singles and the memoir I Swear I'll Make It Up to You. He has traveled the world as a songwriter, storyteller, and comedian, sharing the stage with artists like Doug Stanhope, Richard Price, Ron White and Lydia Lunch. In 2001, he survived a shipwreck. In 2017, he was a clue on Jeopardy!. When not writing, recording, or touring, he teaches nonfiction at the Yale Writers' Workshop. In the spring of 2019, he celebrated ten years sober.

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I listened to this because it was free, and I seem to be surrounded by alcoholic loved ones. Every once in awhile, one of my alcoholic loved ones will express a desire to quit. they will ask me how I don't drink, and I will tell them stuff like I'm too cheap to wanna spend money on alcohol and I'm weird enough without it. I also naturally don't crave it. My answers don't help my loved ones quit, so I figured that I would listen to this and maybe get some advice that I could pass on, and it did totally gave me some advice that I can pass on to them if they show a desire to wanna quit:}

I'm not even an alcoholic and I liked it

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Well written and honest, great perspective and really gets the reader/listener to think. Loved it even if you don’t have addiction issues it is a great book.

Wow excellent book

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thank you for the suggestions they're so candid and so raw and so real and opened up kind of a one of those aha moments that are so simple that you can't believe that you've never thought of it yourself. I really enjoyed this book and plan to use some of his suggestions in my life.

it's simple... not easy

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Disclaimer: I don’t agree with everything Mishka proclaims. I appreciate that he doesn’t need me to. What I know to be true is that listening to him makes me want to and believe that I can drop the bullshit and remain sober for as long as I desire to be.

Real and exactly what I didn’t know I needed.

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Realistic look at addiction. It addresses the symptoms of withdrawl strait forward instead of telling you to just get over them or ignore them.

Real

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