Product Description: 'There is no such thing as an alcoholic and there is no such disease as alcoholism! (as Society understands it).' Whether or not you agree with this statement, one thing is for certain, you will never see alcoholism in the same light ever again after reading this book...read more

“Who will ever relate the whole history of narcotica? It is almost the history of ‘culture,’ of our so-called higher culture.”—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882With Nietzsche’s question as his objective, Stuart Walton begins Out of It: A Cultural History of Intoxication—a heterodox and throughly engaging examination of intoxicants, from the more everyday substances of alcohol, caffeine, and tobacco to the illicit realm of opiates, amphetamines, and hallucinogens. More than a mere catalog of intoxicants, however, Walton’s book is a smart, wry look at why intoxication has always been a part of the human experience—from our earliest Stone Age rituals to the practices of the ancient Greeks and Romans, right on through the Victorian era and ending with a flourish in modern times—and more significantly, why the use of intoxicants is, and will continue to be, an essential part of being human. Using gastronomy as an example, Walton illustrates that just as the study of food history was relatively unheard of until the 1970s, so too “intoxicology” has yet to be recognized as a richly warranted field of study. Though intoxication may not be considered as essential to human existence as food, and carries the unjust stigma of criminality, Walton proposes that it is “an integral part of Western civilization, and that we would do better to accept and celebrate that fact instead of making it a matter of criminal sanctions and repression.”The conclusions Walton draws cut across the grain of today’s prevailing attitudes and fuel an important and often neglected debate, ultimately establishing that intoxication is not only a fundamental human right but, in fact, a biological imperative.

Product Description: In a career spent working with people who want to change their drinking habits, Michael S. Levy has found that the routes to behavioral change vary: abstinence is the successful route for many people, while others can moderate their drinking on their own or with professional help...read more

Product Description: In a career spent working with people who want to change their drinking habits, Michael S. Levy has found that the routes to behavioral change vary: abstinence is the successful route for many people, while others can moderate their drinking on their own or with professional help...read more

Product Description: Hilarious-and sound-advice on surviving 40 weeks without a drop!When you find out you're pregnant, you've officially crossed the line from "Drinking for One" to "Eating for Two." Yes, the prospect of 40 long, long weeks without a single cocktail is enough to strike dread into the heart and fear into the belly of even the most moderate of drinkers...read more

As evidenced by daily headlines covering the problems that occur as a result of abusing alcohol, those who choose to drink owe it to themselves and the rest of society to learn to do so responsibly. The author hopes to educate young people in particular on safe, moderate alcohol consumption. This book is for anyone who decides to drink alcohol. It is ideal for parents to give to their college-aged children and is a valuable reference for adults currently using alcohol. Original.

Product Description: Readers will be enlightened, while seriously facing their lifestyle habits, with this succinct, yet comprehensive, dialogue of an ex-alcoholic and his conversion to drinking moderately. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: "Twelve-step" recovery programs for a wide variety of addictive behaviors have become tremendously popular in the 1990s. According to John W. Crowley, the origin of these movements -- including Alcoholics Anonymous -- lies in the Washingtonian Temperance Society, founded in Baltimore in the 1840s...read more

Product Description: This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there...read more

Draws on the principles of Moderation Management, a nonprofit national self-help program that supports moderate drinking for problem drinkers, offering inspiration and a step-by-step approach designed to assist readers in controlling their drinking problem. Original. 35,000 first printing. Tour.

Product Description: Leads the way to feeling great and living well--without alcohol.

Product Description: In contrast to the popularity of alcohol in our contemporary society, Hull presents a model for an alcohol-free community based on a change of attitudes. Paper.

A practical guide to sobriety for problem drinkers offers helpful tips for recovering alcoholics on the benefits of exercise, hobbies, personal skills, and spending time with loved ones, with advice on coping with stress, social pressures, and other problems

A practical guide to sobriety for problem drinkers offers helpful tips for recovering alcoholics on the benefits of exercise, hobbies, personal skills, and spending time with loved ones, with advice on coping with stress, social pressures, and other problems

Provides a sociological study of normal and pathological drinking patterns in American society. Bibliogs

Considers the social and individual implications of alcohol, tobacco, and drug use and abuse, setting forth theories concerning drug dependence and presenting countermeasures.

Provides young people with facts on normal and excessive drinking of alcholic beverages