Thinking Person's Guide to Sobriety

Answering yes to these questions sparked Pluymen's realization that life could be so much more fulfilling if he was sober. This book is Bert Pluymen's story of struggle and triumph over alcohol addiction. It also contains insightful, witty, uplifting, and wryly humorous stories of the many people Pluymen met who were also searching for sobriety. This is an informative book that will shed new light on how alcohol abuse can ruin people's lives—even if they thought it could never happen to them.

Honest, refreshing, intelligent, and surprisingly humorous--the story of successful men and women who silently struggle with alcohol and achieve a joyful sobriety. These are the last people anyone would think of as having a drinking problem: Work hard every day, well respected by peers, no hint of legal trouble, party with their friends. Yet each has a desire to stop drinking because life is increasingly painful. Through AA, each realizes that, of all people, and despite outward appearances, he or she is addicted to alcohol. This is the story of their triumph and the startling scientific facts surrounding their addiction.

CBS Radio

Uplifting, inspiring, enlightening. A must-read for people in early recovery, and all who want to stay up to date. -- (Charlie and Jeff, CBS Radio, "The Addiction and Recovery Show")

Bert Pluymen has been twice recognized in the book The Best Lawyers in America. He won his first case in the United States Supreme Court at the age of twenty-eight and served as co-counsel in the jury trial over the legendary estate of Howard Hughes. Pluymen lives in Austin, Texas, and along with Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, hosts the radio show "Recovery Today."