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Can I Keep Drinking?

“A fresh voice in the emerging field of moderation treatment programs, which claim that abstinence-only approaches . . . clearly do not fit all drinkers.” —Gabrielle Glaser, author of Her Best-Kept Secret: Why Women Drink—And How They Can Regain Control

Only about six percent of the population that are alcoholic need to quit drinking completely in their recovery process, yet nearly 90 percent of treatment programs and substance abuse treatment practitioners require total abstinence from alcohol. Cynthia Turner is not one of them. In Can I Keep Drinking? she provides you with easy-to-follow tools, checklists, and quizzes to help you answer the question “Can I keep drinking?” and figure out a way to have a healthier relationship with alcohol.

“The dominant US perspective about drinking problems—that abstinence is the only genuine solution—gets a thorough re-examination in Can I Keep Drinking? If you’re looking for a fresh and evidence-based perspective on drinking problems and ways to change them, everything you need to know is here.” —A. Thomas Horvath, Ph.D., ABPP, author of Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions

“When someone faces the notion that they may have an alcohol problem for the first time, it is almost impossible to know where to begin. Can I Keep Drinking? offers a practical, thorough, easy-to-read roadmap for addressing this issue.” —Kevin P. Hill, MD, MHS, author of Marijuana: The Unbiased Truth About the World’s Most Popular Weed

“Cyndi Turner explains the foundations of moderate drinking empathetically and intelligently. This book is an excellent addition to the harm reduction canon, one that will certainly help readers navigate a healthier relationship with alcohol.” —Kelsey Osgood, author of How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia

Cyndi Turner, Jason R. Kilmer, Diane E. Logan

Cyndi Turner is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner with more than twenty years of field experience. She cofounded and is the clinical director of Insight Into Action Therapy, a private outpatient therapy practice with two offices in northern Virginia. She co-developed and facilitates the Dual Diagnosis Recovery Program©. Local courts have qualified her as an expert witness, and the National Football League Program for Substances of Abuse has vetted her to provide therapy to their players. Cyndi is willing to challenge the old-school belief that all problem drinkers must be alcoholics who need to quit drinking forever. She is a Moderation Management-friendly therapist and is Get SMART FAST certified. She lives in northern Virginia and loves anything to do with sun, sand, beaches, or boats.

Morgan James Publishing