Heavy Drinking

The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease

Herbert Fingarette

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English

University of California Press
21 June 1989

Drug & substance abuse: social aspects

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 alcoholism as a single disease with a unique cause. Herbert Fingarette presents constructive approaches to heavy drinking, including new methods of helping heavy drinkers and social policies for preventing heavy drinking and the harms associated with it.

By: Herbert Fingarette
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780520067547
ISBN 10: 0520067541
Pages: 195
Publication Date: 21 June 1989
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION What Science Now Knows, but the Public Doesn't PART 1 The Classic Disease Concept of Alcoholism CHAPTER 1 Where Did We Get the Idea That Alcoholism Is a Disease? CHAPTER 2 Can Alcoholics Control Their Drinking? CHAPTER 3 What Causes Alcoholism? CHAPTER 4 Have ""Alcoholism Treatments"" Really Worked? PART 2 New Approaches to Heavy Drinking CHAPTER 5 Understanding Heavy Drinking as a Way of Life CHAPTER 6 Helping the Heavy Drinker CHAPTER 7 Social Policies to Prevent and Control Heavy Drinking AFTERWORD WORKS CITED INDEX"

Herbert Fingarette, a distinguished professor at the University of California, has been a consultant on alcoholism and addiction to the World Health Organization, and a Fellow of the Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences. His work has had a significant influence on the U.S. Supreme Court, state supreme courts, and current national policy makers on substance abuse.

Reviews for Heavy Drinking: The Myth of Alcoholism as a Disease

"""This enlightening and challenging book is a call to compassion for heavy drinkers. . . . Given the brevity of this clearly reasoned and well-researched book, and the ease with which both professionals and laypeople are able to grasp the issues presented, ""Heavy Drinking will no doubt become a seminal volume in the field of alcohol treatment.""--James Alsdurf, ""Christianity Today"