Alcohol Addiction: Not Worth the Buzz

by Ida Walker

Overview

What's wrong with a beer now and then? Or a glass of wine with dinner? For most people—of legal age—there's absolutely nothing wrong with having an occasional drink. But for others, those with drinking problems, there's no such thing as an occasional drink. For them, one drink leads to another and another and another. . . . Alcohol Addiction: Not Worth the Buzz provides you with important information about alcohol addiction (alcoholism) and other drinking problems. You will learn about the history of alcohol use and early attempts to curb drinking, how alcohol affects the brain, and the effects it has on the body in the long and short term. This book also provides information on how individuals with alcohol problems can get help. Through first-person stories, you will learn how alcohol personally affected the lives of young people, and how they did not let alcohol addiction defeat them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781422292921
Publisher:	Mason Crest
Publication date:	09/02/2014
Series:	Illicit and Misused Drugs
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	17 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	6 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

1 What Is Alcohol? 9

2 The History of Alcohol Use 19

3 Alcohol Comes to the New World 39

4 How Alcohol Affects the Body 55

5 Alcohol Addiction: Alcoholism 65

6 Teens and Alcohol 91

7 Treatment of Alcohol Addiction 103

Glossary 115

Further Reading 119

For More Information 121

Bibliography 122

Index 125

Picture Credits 127

Author and Consultant Biographies 128