Federico Müller, sports journalist, athlete and member of the Municipal Council for Prevention and Assistance, presented a new book titled “Consumos Problemáticos” (Problematic Consumption). It is the third literary work he has written after Libro de Oro: La ley del Deporte and Libro de Oro: La Ley del Boxeo.
The presentation was held in the Assembly Hall of the Municipality of Concordia and was attended by the General Secretary of the Mayor's Office Matías Soto; the Secretary of Health Mauro García; the Director of the Social Strengthening Center, Gustavo Canova, local athletes, family members, and the general public.
During the event, Federico thanked the mayor Enrique Cresto and the municipal authorities for their ongoing accompaniment and support in carrying out this project. Based on his own experience giving talks on the prevention of problematic consumption and behaviors in schools and clubs, he collected testimonies, materials, and information that he included in this volume.
Federico struggled with addiction for 20 years until he recovered about seven years ago at the “El arte de vivir” clinic in Chajarí, which is why his testimony is of great importance in these exchanges.
Müller commented that “The book begins with three personal writings: ‘Sports Journalist Federico Müller’, ‘Drugs and I’, and ‘Sports and I’. He then noted that it provides information on problematic consumption such as: tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, amphetamine, methamphetamine, and ketamine regarding their effects on people and how they can complicate life. It also delves into problematic behaviors, such as gambling addiction, anorexia, bulimia, pregorexia, and addiction to screens, the internet, and sex.
“There are chapters that speak of the danger of attitudes such as aggressiveness, arrogance, anger, ego, pathological jealousy, theatricalizing your self, silence, and lying, among others. It offers tools to avoid ‘falling into the trap’, among which he highlights ‘the importance of talking and writing about what happens to you, about school, family, sports, good nutrition, meditation, friends, goals, humility, empathy, and resilience, among many others’,” Müller pointed out.
Finally, he described that “there are 70 profound and easy-to-read notes in a book that acts as a counselor, as a friend, and aims to warn about the danger of drug use, abuse, and addiction. I know this is my path and my destiny. To turn my weaknesses into a strength, to tell of my hell so that others may avoid those moments. To generate a ‘counter-culture’ against those who open the doors to the ‘prisons of the soul’,” Federico detailed.
For his part, Dr. García congratulated the sports journalist for having completed the book and “for Federico's commitment to this mission he has taken on to help others, just as he was helped at some point,” highlighted the Secretary of Health.
The mayor Enrique Cresto also expressed himself on his social networks regarding Müller's new book, noting that “Federico's book is a clear message of recovery and overcoming, from the will to move forward and the love of life. Fede gives talks in schools and neighborhoods, helping other young people to leave addictions behind, develop good values, and practice healthy habits. He performs a very important task and our commitment, as always, is to accompany and support these types of initiatives,” concluded the Mayor.