Alcohol Addiction: Not Worth the Buzz (Illicit Drugs) (Illicit and Misused Drugs Series)

Walker, Ida

ISBN 10: 1422201538 ISBN 13: 9781422201534

Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

Provides information about alcohol addiction (alcoholism) and other drinking problems. This title presents 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. It also provides information on how individuals with alcohol problems can get help.

About this title

Synopsis:

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 readers with important information about alcohol addiction (alcoholism) and other drinking problems. Readers 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. The author also provides information on how individuals with alcohol problems can get help.Through first-person stories, readers will learn how alcohol personally affected the lives of young people, and how they did not let alcohol addiction defeat them.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mason Crest Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1422201538
• ISBN 13: 9781422201534
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 64