Prologue: Every day, it seems, the mass media report a steady stream of evidence that
suggests illegal drugs are America's number one social problem. Yet alcohol, a legal drug …

This article summarizes the contents of Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity (2nd edn). The first
part of the book describes why alcohol is not an ordinary commodity, and reviews …

THREE MEN sat around the bed of an alcoholic patient in the psychopathic ward of
Philadelphia General Hospital one afternoon a few weeks ago. The man in the bed, who …

I WAS DRIVING UP THE MASSACHUSETTS Turnpike one evening last February when I
knocked over a bottle of water. I grabbed for it, swerved inadvertently—and a few seconds …

Heavy Drinking informs the general public for the first time how recent research has
discredited almost every widely held belief about alcoholism, including the very concept of …

Although they had founded their own national society and their own treatment program,
people recovering from alcoholism in the 1960's realized that Americans did not recognize …

The volume provides broad coverage in terms of age groups, social institutions, and
counseling options. It also synthesizes relevant information from medicine, psychology …