Almost All You Ever Wanted To Know about Alcoholism

by Robert Hammond

More than a million copies of have been distributed throughout the United States and Canada.

The publication was updated in 1985 and again in 1999. The third, 2004, revision is presented here.

This is not meant to be a scholarly examination of the subject. Its intended audience is the layperson who may have questions about his or her drinking, or about the impact of alcoholism on a friend or relative.

As it will answer some questions, it will raise others. We hope this is not the end of your inquiry about alcoholism, but just the beginning of your questioning.