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Alcohol : the worlds favorite drug.

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
eBook, English, 2002., ©2000
1st U.S. ed View all formats and editions
Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2002., ©2000
Case Reports
1 online resource (viii, 230 pages)
1039494488
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
Originally published: London ; New York : Penguin Books, 2000
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