Self Reliance is a book of recipes in the broadest sense, from recipes for getting and staying out of debt and improving your financial independence, to tried and tested recipes for household items and life sustaining meals created from the simplest ingredients (often free) to the highly unusual. It is full of essential information for anyone who wants to live a more independent, self reliant lifestyle or plan for surviving a disaster scenario. This is not a black book of survival. It is intended as an introduction to self reliance, showing tested, practical and often entertaining ways to escape the mindset of helplessness and the chains of habit forged for all of us by the consumer society. It guarantees not only an improvement in the odds but also, if you follow its suggestions and experiments, a vast improvement in your own self-confidence. Because in the worst scenario, you will endure and endure well.