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Heavy Drinking - by Herbert Fingarette (Paperback)

Heavy Drinking - by  Herbert Fingarette (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Heavy Drinking</i> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"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<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Herbert Fingarette</b>, 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.

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