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Alcohol and Pleasure: A Health Perspective
Peele, Stanton and Grant, Marcus. Alcohol and Pleasure: A Health Perspective (Series on Alcohol and Society). Brunner/Mazel. July 1999.
 Like the conference on which it is based, this book is designed to address the concept of pleasure in relation to the beverage alcohol. Colloquially, pleasure seems to be an important ingredient in alcohol consumption. Yet it has rarely been incorporated in research or public health models. The book's aim is to bring together existing knowledge on the role of pleasure in drinking and to determine whether the concept is useful for scientific understanding and policy consideration by professionals in government, public health, research, and other fields, in both the developing and developed world, who are concerned with the consumption of alcohol.
"The main purpose of this book is to explore the role of pleasure in alcohol consumption and its consequences for the health of individuals as well as for society as a whole. Linked to an evolving conception of health which goes beyond the simple presence or absence of disease to include a subjective sense of well-being, Alcohol and Pleasure: A Health Perspective represents a significant turn in the alcohol studies literature. Clearly there is no simple threshold between the experience of drinking and the pleasure it can bring on the one hand and the pain and suffering caused by alcohol abuse on the other. Nonetheless, the contributors to this book believe that health, quality of life, and responsible drinking are interconnected and, therefore, the motivations, expectations, and contexts of drinking (and pleasure) need to be better understood. "
--Excerpt from Executive Summary by the International Center for Alcohol Policies
About the Authors
Stanton Peele is a psychologist and attorney with expertise in the addiction field. Dr. Peele has received a lifetime award for achievement in scholarship from the Drug Policy Foundation and the mark Keller Award from the Rutgers Center for Alcohol Studies. He has published 120 articles and seven books on alcohol, drugs, and related topics.
Marcus Grant is president of the International Center for Alcohol Politics, a not-for-profit international organization funded by 11 international beverage alcohol companies. ICAP's mission is to encourage dialogue and pursue partnerships among the beverage alcohol industry, the public health community, and others interested in alcohol policy. Mr. Grant was formerly responsible for global activities on the prevention of substance abuse at the World Health Organization
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