Professor David Nutt's book, Drink? The New Science of Alcohol and Your Health, is a one-stop shop for current science and data about alcohol use. If you have questions about how alcohol works in the brain, why drinking a little makes many of us want to drink even more, and tips on how to change your drinking habits, this book is for you. Topics range from the health harms of alcohol (there are many, including several types of cancer) to what alcohol does to your mental health (generally, not much that's positive) to why alcohol causes so many social problems (because there are so many of us who drink it). Dr. Nutt doesn't advocate for abstinence, or any other drinking behavior for that matter. He just wants readers to have full information about alcohol and the consequences of using it, so they can make informed choices.
If you're curious about alcohol - even sober curious - read this book. Dr. Nutt, is a neurpsychopharmacologist and emergency room physician who spent two years at the NIH's Institute of Alcoholism and Albohol Abuse in Washington, DC. He knows what he's talking about when he says, "Alcohol is a drug, and one that shouldn't be taken lightly."
