Top Hacker News Book Recommendations in Self-Help (all time)

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The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts

Gary Chapman

4.8 on Amazon

6 HN comments

Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness

Tim S. Grover, Shari Wenk, et al.

4.9 on Amazon

6 HN comments

Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Thich Nhat Hanh , Arnold Kotler, et al.

4.8 on Amazon

6 HN comments

How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less

Cal Newport

4.6 on Amazon

6 HN comments

Taking Charge of Adult ADHD

Russell A. Barkley PhD, Paul Costanzo, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

6 HN comments

Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder

Gabor Maté

4.8 on Amazon

6 HN comments

Call of the Wild: How We Heal Trauma, Awaken Our Own Power, and Use It For Good

Kimberly Ann Johnson

4.8 on Amazon

6 HN comments

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (A New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook)

Steven C. Hayes and Spencer Smith

4.5 on Amazon

5 HN comments

This Naked Mind: Control Alcohol, Find Freedom, Discover Happiness & Change Your Life

Annie Grace

4.6 on Amazon

5 HN comments

What I Love About You

Frankie Jones

4.7 on Amazon

5 HN comments

The Animator's Survival Kit: A Manual of Methods, Principles and Formulas for Classical, Computer, Games, Stop Motion and Internet Animators (FARRAR, STRAUS)

Richard Williams

4.8 on Amazon

5 HN comments

What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful

Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter

4.6 on Amazon

5 HN comments

The Power

Rhonda Byrne and Simon & Schuster Audio

4.7 on Amazon

5 HN comments

Man and His Symbols

Carl G. Jung

4.6 on Amazon

5 HN comments

The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People's Lives Better, Too)

Gretchen Rubin

4.6 on Amazon

5 HN comments

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rahoulbonSep 24, 2019

If you've not already, I recommend reading "This Naked Mind" by Annie Grace

KludgyPerlonSep 9, 2017

This Naked Mind, by Annie Grace

johnorourkeonApr 10, 2021

For anyone clicking through to the comments thinking "I think I sort of need to do something about this but it's too hard/inconvenient/boring/...", I'd like to highly recommend the book "This Naked Mind" by Annie Grace. It's about $7 on most electronic bookstores.

Like everything we use to numb/escape our own minds, alcohol and all the marketing we're fed, and the examples we're set while growing up, make it easy to rationally think we should cut down but there's no way that message is going to be easily accepted by your subconscious!

Other links:
- https://www.oneyearnobeer.com/
- https://thisnakedmind.com/
- https://medium.com/ainyf-alcohol-is-not-your-friend

HTH.

twistedanimatoronOct 5, 2018

Funny you should mention seeing a book recommendation on HN that changed your life. I have experienced the same thing, but with a different book.

A month ago I read a comment[0] about the book This Naked Mind and how it helped him/her with their alcohol consumption. Getting serious about my alcohol consumption has been on my todo list for a while, so after seeing it had 4.7 stars on audible I bought it. I listened to it in its entirety in 3 days during my commute and haven't had a drop of alcohol since.

To give you an impression of my level of drinking. I'm not a heavy drinker, but I am a habitual drinker. I drink either 2 or 3 high alcohol beers or a bottle of wine almost daily. I've always been worried about the sheer amount of empty calories I'm consuming and if just by cutting out alcohol I'd lose weight for free.

Today is day 25 since I've had any alcohol and I'm just so pleased with the outcome. Maybe the book can help you too!

[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17834081

bluewateronApr 25, 2019

I started to really question my drinking over the last year or so. During the week I would drink a few beers or glasses of wine a night with a martini or other cocktail sprinkled in. The weekends would often involve more with a heavy hangover coming after neighborhood parties. I’ve gone the route of moderation and counting drinks and it was difficult to do, depressing and left me feeling deprived much of the time. One day I was in a forum reading a question much like this and someone mentioned a book called This Naked Mind by Annie Grace. It’s been a game changer for me and I’d highly recommend it. She actually suggests continuing to drink normally while you read it. She dives into a lot of the science and really opens your eyes to the world of alcohol around you. I haven’t stopped completely and I’m not sure if I ever will but the pull that booze had on me before is gone and I can confidently feel I’ll have a drink whenever I want; the idea of allowing yourself that freedom is empowering. Over the last 6 months I’m down maybe 75%. The social pressures are really the hardest for me now. The line of questioning you get is intense and something I was guilty of doing myself to others who weren’t throwing them back with me at the time. Best of luck in your own journey wherever it takes you.

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