Title: Alcohol : the worlds favorite drug. /
Authors: Edwards, Griffith.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Alcohol Drinking; Alcoholism therapy; Alcoholism; Alcoholism.; Alcoholism Treatment.; Drinking of alcoholic beverages History.; Drinking of alcoholic beverages Social aspects.
Abstract: A history of alcohol examines its many forms, including cocktails, medicine, and as a religious symbol, revealing a liquid that has the power to either provide supreme pleasure or utter destruction.
Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- Alcohol, what is it? -- Alcohol, myths and metaphors -- Short history of drunkenness -- Thomas Nashe's menagerie -- Alcohol is a drug of dependence -- American Prohibition experiment -- Calling alcoholism a disease -- Alcoholics Anonymous -- In the name of treatment -- Mysterious essences of treatment -- Once an alcoholic ... -- Molecule as medicine -- Drinker's dilemma -- Ambiguous futures.