There is no simple threshold between the experience of drinking and the pleasure it can
bring on the one hand and the pain and suffering caused by alcohol abuse on the other. But
if we are to understand the role of alcohol in society, then at the very least we need to
acknowledge the pleasure as well as the pain. Alcohol and Pleasure aims to bring together
existing knowledge on the role of pleasure in drinking and determine whether the concept is
useful for scientific understanding and policy consideration.