Why People Drink; How People Change: A Guide to Alcohol and People's Motivation for Drinking It

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Intro -- Preface -- References -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Alcohol Use and Abuse in Everyday Life: The Centrality of Motivation -- What Is Alcohol? -- Why People Say They Drink -- Motives for Drinking -- What Science Reveals -- Some People Drink Too Much -- How Much Is Too Much? -- Governmental Guidelines -- Legal Drinking Age -- Evaluating One's Own Drinking -- Formal Diagnoses: Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol Dependence, and Harmful Alcohol Use -- Theories of Alcohol Addiction -- References -- Chapter 2: How People Decide What They Want, Including Having a Drink of Alcohol -- How Brains Evolved to Pursue Goals -- The Nature of Goals -- The Wide-Ranging Effects of Goals -- Drinking Alcohol as a Goal -- Heavy Alcohol Consumption: Merely a Choice or a Disease? -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Alcohol and Its Effects on the Body -- Absorption -- Distribution -- Alcohol in the Brain -- Neurotransmitters -- Alcohol-Induced Blackout -- Hangover -- Alcohol Withdrawal -- Chronic Effects of Excessive Drinking -- Liver Disease -- Cardiovascular Disease -- Brain Damage -- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome -- The Burden of Disease Attributable to Alcohol -- How the Brain Supports People's Motivation to Drink -- References -- Chapter 4: Genetics of Alcoholism -- Family Studies -- Adoption Studies -- Twin Studies -- What Is Inherited? -- Stress-Response Dampening -- Aversive Reactions to Alcohol -- Low Sensitivity to Alcohol -- Differentiator Model -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Personality and Alcohol Use -- Important Constituents of Personality: Goals, Values, and Emotions -- Alcohol and Emotions -- Addiction: Permanent Disease or Manageable Condition? -- Personality Differences and Consuming Alcohol Excessively -- Depression, Rumination, and Alcohol Use -- Depression, Protective Behavioral Strategies, and Alcohol Use.

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Why People Drink; How People Change: A Guide to Alcohol and People's Motivation for Drinking It

Cox, W. Miles; Klinger, Eric

Cox, W. Miles; Klinger, Eric

Abstract

This book presents up-to-date scientific information about alcohol based on Cox and Klinger's motivational model, which has been described as, "the most widely known and influential motivational model of alcohol use" (Cooper et al., 2016, p. 5). The book, however, was written to be understandable to a broad sector of the population, allowing for an interdisciplinary readership. Those who would find this book beneficial include academics who need nontechnical explanations of why people drink, such as professionals and students in psychology, psychiatry, and related fields, and teachers of high school health classes and university courses in addiction. While not aimed as a self-help book, this book might offer insight as to why a person might not be able to control the urge to drink, or answer questions people may have concerning the effect of alcohol on the brain

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