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Drink?

By: Professor David Nutt
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Summary

World-renowned Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology David Nutt breaks down the science and effect of alcohol on our health, mood, sleep and productivity and how it travels through our bodies and brains and explains on a practical level how we can make changes to positively impact our relationship with it and understanding of it, thereby improving our quality of life for the long-term.  

He examines what the future holds for this normalised drug that governs our society and lives but is becoming increasingly unpopular due to its detrimental impact on our well-being. Drink? will do what Matthew Walker did for sleep, and Giulia Enders did for our Gut, and help us make informed choices, at the very least. David will illuminate our minds on this important and timely subject. 

  

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©2020 Professor David Nutt (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

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Helpful if you want to control your drinking

This book makes you think about what alcohol is and what it does. I now look at a bottle of wine in a different way.

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Makes you think

I had decided to stop drinking 6 months ago so this book was more of a confirmation to me that it was the right decision.

Its been illuminating how ingrained into our lives alcohol is and perhaps the harder bit is how you navigate an alcohol free life which this book only touches upon.

I find Professor Nutt's research into all areas of drugs fascinating and I hope this book lends some weight to tackling the health problems we face with alcohol. Highly recommended.

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very very interesting and eye opening

This book brings you the cold hard facts about what drinking does to you. It isn't patronising or shaming but just exceptionally informative and clear. If you want to cut down then definitely listen to this, having these facts will surely make you think twice about your habits.

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Politics trumps science - again

This book was written out of a sense of public duty, to inform about what alcohol is, how it affects us physically, psychologically, socially. It is a message from someone whom Government has tasked to address the problems alcohol poses to us individually and collectively, and whose scientific findings were then dismissed as unwelcome. It is another example of short-sighted politicians deciding that we have heard quite enough from experts. As such it is definitely worth reading.

However much of the book reads like a public information brochure. No question about the quality and integrity of the data, with chapters addressing the whole range of people who are at greater or lesser risk. No-one who drinks alcohol is in the risk-free category, as there is always a downside to consumption. The most interesting chapters are the first - How Drinking Affects your Body and Brain - looking at the level of neuronal responses, and the last one - Is there a Solution to the Booze Crisis? - looking at what would constitute best practice based on the experiences of different countries. The tone is not preachy or didactic, but is simply the reflection of a highly qualified scientist presenting his findings.

I would suggest spending time on those 2 chapters and selecting what is of personal interest in the middle chapters rather than necessarily reading from start to finish.

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Interesting but bad recording

Interesting subjects but it's frustratingly easy to constantly hear the voice recording bounce back and forth between takes as the tone and other factors change frequently. Very off-putting.

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interesting theory, and good advice..

wise advice on what's suitable and unsuitable when it comes to drinking.well read, and makes you think twice.

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It's not about abolishment

Important information imparted without judgement or reprimand that we really might as well know.
Not preachy, highlighting positives as well as dangers, offering solutions and hope.

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Very interesting

Really makes you realise how much alcohol effects you. But doesn’t lecture you to not drink but helps you to find a healthy relationship with alcohol and to make healthier choices . It just gives you the information so you can decided what relationship you would like with alcohol.

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Just what we already know

It’s interesting book but I think most already know this and I would suspect if it was made of cyanid people would still drink it

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A fascinating wake up call

A sobering account of the true facts around alcohol. A must read for anyone who likes a drink.

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