{"id":147108,"date":"2016-03-09T13:53:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-drinking-quit-alcohol\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T17:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T17:08:26","slug":"strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-drinking-quit-alcohol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-drinking-quit-alcohol\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to quitting drinking, I am useless. 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Why?<\/h1>\n\n                \n                                                    <p class=\"article__excerpt\">It is a common misconception that it takes willpower to quit drinking &#038; quit alcohol, and that belief alone can make it difficult to quit.<\/p>\n                \n                \n                                                            <div class=\"article__image\">\n                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103526\/willpower.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103526\/willpower-220x112.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103526\/willpower.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103526\/willpower.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/allen-carr-live.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/16103526\/willpower.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"\"\n               \/>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    \n                <div class=\"u-show-mobile article-social-bar\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-drinking-quit-alcohol\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); return false;\"\n               rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"\n               target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/themes\/allen-carr\/public\/dist\/svgs\/social-facebook-fill.svg\" alt=\"Share to Facebook\"\/>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n                <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/strong-willed-but-difficult-to-stop-drinking-quit-alcohol\/&#038;text=I am a strong-willed person in all other areas of my life but when it comes to quitting drinking, I am useless. 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But does it really take willpower to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/easyway-stop-drinking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quit drinking<\/a>?, or is it a shift of perspective that is really needed?<\/p>\nYou only need willpower not to do something that you actually want to do. If you don\u2019t want to do something, it doesn\u2019t take willpower not to do it. The difficulty that many experience is because even though they want to quit, they still want to drink. They want to drink because they believe that it gives them some kind of pleasure or crutch.<br><br>Allen Carr\u2019s Easyway shows drinkers how their desire to drink is based on a trick that alcohol played on their brain when they were starting out as drinkers. We can teach you how to correct your perspective with respect to drinking in a way that leaves you with no desire to drink whatsoever. And with no desire to drink, it doesn\u2019t take willpower to quit. 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