I Drank to Stop the Shaking: A Story of Rebirth

For ten years, Yann drank a bottle of whisky every day.Not out of pleasure. Not out of weakness. But because he had discovered something no one had ever told him: a few sips of alcohol, and his hands would stop shaking.A company director and a painter, Yann suffers from essential tremor - a neurological condition that makes certain everyday gestures impossible. Holding a glass. Signing a document. Painting in front of an audience. Alcohol seemed like the answer. It became a dependency.The bottles multiply. So do the lies. Car parks where he drinks in secret before meetings. The fear of running out each morning. The shame.Until the day a doctor says these words: "If you carry on like this - you'll be dead by sixty."With his wife's support, Yann agrees to be hospitalised and begins the difficult fight to reclaim a life without alcohol.This memoir tells the story of the fall, the fight - and above all, the rebirth.Because one thing is certain: it is never too late to take your life back.