Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION. What Science Now Knows, but the Public Doesn't 1
5. PART 1 The Classic Disease Concept of Alcoholism
6. CHAPTER 1 Where Did We Get the Idea That Alcoholism Is a Disease? 13
7. CHAPTER 2 Can Alcoholics Control Their Drinking? 31
8. CHAPTER 3 What Causes Alcoholism? 48
9. CHAPTER 4 Have "Alcoholism Treatments" Really Worked? 70
10. PART 2 New Approaches to Heavy Drinking
11. CHAPTER 5 Understanding Heavy Drinking as a Way of Life 99
12. CHAPTER 6 Helping the Heavy Drinker 114
13. CHAPTER 7 Social Policies to Prevent and Control Heavy Drinking 133
14. AFTERWORD 144
15. WORKS CITED 147
16. INDEX 163