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One Day Sober.
Everything I wish I knew when I first tried to quit drinking.
A mindset-shift book about alcohol — not a recovery memoir, not a self-help manual. The core argument: the reason most people can't get sober isn't willpower or timing. It's what we believe about alcohol, and about ourselves.
Paperback · ~300 pages · Ships autumn 2026 · Print-on-demand
Kate Black Swan
One Day
Sober.
A mindset shift.
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What it is
- A field manual for the thinking drinker
- Psychology, neuroscience, and personal experience
- Plain language, evidence-based
- Designed to change how you think about alcohol
- Direct, analytical, honest
What it isn't
- A recovery memoir
- A twelve-step programme
- A pep talk
- A promise that you'll feel amazing
- Motivational quotes or toxic positivity
From the opening
I spent years negotiating with myself like a hostage trapped in my own mind, bargaining with a captor who didn't have the decency to negotiate in good faith.
Every morning, the terms were straightforward. Today is the day. This is it. No more. I meant it completely, every single time. That's the part people don't always believe — that the resolution was genuine. I wasn't lying to myself. I was fully, sincerely convinced, standing in the bathroom with shaking hands and a mouth that tasted like an ashtray, that today would be different.
By ten at night, I would be pouring the first glass.
Table of contents
What's inside.
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CHF 24 · ships autumn 2026
Paperback, print-on-demand, shipped from the nearest print hub (US / UK / EU / CH). Pre-orders can be cancelled at any time for a full refund.
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