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Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access originally published online on May 12, 2008
Alcohol and Alcoholism 2008 43(5):607; doi:10.1093/alcalc/agn022
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Medical Council on Alcohol. All rights reserved

Book Reviews

Beat the Booze—A Comprehensive Guide to Combating Drink Problems in All Walks of Life. By Edmund Tirbutt and Helen Tirbutt

Harriman House Ltd, 3A Penns Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 2EW. £9.99. 197 (main text) + 82 (appendices) + 8 (index) pgs. ISBN 978-1-905641-42-0

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The two authors of Beat the Booze write from personal experience of addressing problem drinking, which ranges from a serious history of drinking to excess, to a background of what may be considered normal social drinking.

Their honesty and openness in revealing and explaining their own histories sets the tone in which the book is written.

I assumed the book to be a "self-help" guide, targeting a narrowly defined audience of those at a point of accepting . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Dr Philippa Aveyard

SpR Addiction Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Edinburgh, UK


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