Introduction
Part I: Making Sense of Your Situation
1. Do You Have a Drinking Problem?
2. Why Does Drinking Cause You Difficulty?
Part II: Before You Get Started
3. Getting Ready and Staying Motivated
4. Can You Really Help Yourself?
5. You May Need Medical Help
6. What to Do: Abstinence or Moderation?
Part III: Moderating Your Drinking
7. Moderation: General Techniques
8. Your Personal Moderate Drinking Contact
9. Bumps and Detours with Moderate Drinking
Part IV: Quitting Drinking and Staying Sober
10. Managing Your Thoughts to Quit Drinking
11. What You Must Do to Quit Drinking
12. Managing Urges to Use
13. Slips and Falls on the Path to Sobriety
Part V: Other Resources
14. The Need for Outside Treatment
15. Self-Help Groups
16. Professional Treatment
17. Medications
Afterword
Notes
Index