Half a Glass

How to Drink Less Without Quitting: Real Limits, Social Scripts, and Better Nights Out

von Jess Calder

164 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

January ended. You felt better. And now someone is handing you a wine list and a choice: go back to how it was, or never drink again. Nobody mentioned the third option, because most of this shelf doesn't believe there is one.There is. It's called drinking less, on purpose, forever, without a relapse narrative attached to your Tuesday glass of wine.Half a Glass is for the reader who finished Dry January clear-eyed and doesn't want to undo it, but also isn't interested in swearing off alcohol for life to prove a point. This isn't a memoir about rock bottom. It's a working plan: how to set a limit you'll actually keep, how to structure drink-free days so they don't turn into a bargaining session with yourself, and how to track your drinking without it feeling like a confession.Most moderation attempts don't fail at home alone with a bottle. They fail at the wedding, at the work dinner, when a friend tops up your glass before you've finished deciding whether you wanted more. So the book gives you actual lines to say out loud, not just principles to believe in. There's a full chapter on what to order when you're not drinking that night, what to keep in the fridge, and how to host people without either serving only booze or turning your dinner party into a temperance lecture.It also tells you, plainly, when moderation isn't the right tool, and what to do instead. No conversion arc. No verdict on your character. Just a clear plan for the middle, where most drinkers actually live.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176303476
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published