Whenever people have a problem they seem to flock to the bookstore and stockpile books on subjects like depression self help or anxiety self help. This might give people that suffer from alcoholism the idea that they too only need an alcoholism self help book to take care of the problem. Alcoholism is not quite on the same category of depression and anxiety. Alcoholism is a psychological and physical addiction unlike the latter two which are mainly mental disorders. There are some alcoholism self help books that provide a gradual plan to break the cycle of alcoholism, but this is terribly flawed, because for an alcoholic, only a drop of alcohol is enough to trigger a binge. I think that the best alcoholism self help book would be one that will go along with an immediate medical intervention, in a way that the book ends up being an auxiliary to the treatment and it must in no way offer the notion of gradual decrease of alcoholic intake. I am not saying that there aren't great alcoholism self help books out there, what I am saying is that those books which promote gradual improvement in alcoholic intake might make the problem worse. If you are looking for alcoholism self help, then go to the doctor and then get a book that will improve on your medical treatment. In closing, remember, nothing is out of reach to those who believe and are willing to die for what they want.