Alcohol: The World's Favorite Drug
About this ebook
Already considered to be a classic in England, Alcohol: The World’s Favorite Drug is an excellent outline of the influence of alcohol from ancient Egypt to the twenty-first century. It covers everything from popular hangover remedies to the many imaginative uses of alcohol throughout history, to the workings of Alcoholics Anonymous. Definitive, authoritative, and very entertaining, Alcohol belongs on the shelf of everyone with an interest in the topic—from social drinkers to professionals in the field.
“[A] factual, thoughtful book. . . . [Edwards] sheds rare clarifying light on a subject usually clouded by emotion. “—Booklist
“No serious journalist . . . should write an article . . . on either alcohol or the problems it engenders without reading this book from cover to cover. It is also the first book that physician should suggest to a curious or distressed patient trying to understand either alcohol or alcoholism.” —George Vaillant, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston)
“Griffith Edwards, a world expert on alcoholism, has studied addiction for more than forty years and understands the problem intimately. . . . Professor Edward’s timely, well-written guide will help many people.” —The Independent (U.K.)
About the author
Griffith Edwards is one of the world's leading experts on alcohol. Born in India, he received his M.D. from Oxford University. For 40 years Edwards has made a specialty of being both fair-minded and catholic in his study of alcoholism. He has made the Addiction Research Unit - more recently the National Addiction Center - at the Maudsley Hospital in London, the finest international center for postgraduate education in addiction in the world. He is editor-in-chief of the scientific journal, Addiction. For many years he has been a frequent visitor to the US and was a consultant to the White House Office on the prevention of drug abuse. He has been awarded many major international scientific prizes, including the Nathan B. Eddy medal of the US College on Problems of Drug Dependence, the Jellinek Memorial Prize, and the annual award of the American Educational and Research Society on Alcohol. He was named a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1987, awarded for services to social science and medicine. Married with two grown-up children, he and his wife live in Greenwich, England.
