Learning from 50 Years of Aboriginal Alcohol Programs : Beating the Grog in Australia 1 Explaining Aboriginal alcohol use: changing perspectives hidden assumptions 2 Prevention and early intervention 3 Treatment and rehabilitation 4 Community based restrictions on alcohol availability 5 Case study of community led alcohol restrictions: the Fitzroy Valley 6 Community controlled liquor outlets and permit systems 7. Meeting the challenge of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) 8 Alcohol and community policing 9 Conclusion: outcomes and issues. This open access book deals with community based attempts on the part of Aboriginal communities and groups in Australia to address harms arising from alcohol misuse. Alcohol related harms are viewed as both a product of colonisation and dispossession and a contributor to ongoing social economic and health related disadvantage both in Australia and in other countries with colonised Indigenous populations such as Canada the US and New Zealand. This book contributes to an evidence base by bringing together a selection of existing Australian documents considered by the editors to have continuing relevance to all those concerned with dealing with alcohol related harms among Aboriginal peoples These are contextualised in original chapters that recount key events ideas and programs. The book is a practical resource for all people and groups concerned with addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander alcohol related harms both at the community level and at the level of policy making and administration.