The Myth of Social Drinking

Hayman, Max

doi:10.1176/ajp.124.5.585

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“…There seems to be no concept of moderate marijuana or LSD or solvent use as there is a concept of moderate alcohol use. It is worth noting here, however, that the concept of moderate alcohol use (i.e., drinking without damage) has been very successfully challenged by Hayman (1967). Also, liver damage has been found by Rubin and Iieber (1968) after small amounts of drinking such as are often found in party situations.…”

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Some current studies of psychoactive and hallucinogenic drug use.

Smart¹

1970

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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Current increases in drug use may mean that many persons studied by psychologists are affected. A study of a hippie subculture showed extensive, indiscriminant nonnarcotic drug use amongst hippies, and indifference to harmful drug effects. Amongst high-school students alcohol and tobacco are still the most popular drugs, but marijuana, LSD, and psychoactive drugs are used by substantial numbers. Drug use relates to sex, grade level, and parental use of alcohol and tobacco. Social contact with other users, imitation of parental drug-use patterns, and the psychological disturbances of users are partial explanations for drug use among young people. Progress in research is inhibited by tendencies to (a) define all non-alcoholic drug use as abuse, (b) classify drugs as good or bad, (c) study users without reference to their total drug use.

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Section: Current Points Of View Regarding Drug Usementioning

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Some current studies of psychoactive and hallucinogenic drug use.

Smart¹

1970

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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“…It would be an over-simplification to think that alcoholics can be taught to drink "socially". The use of alcoholic beverages involves considerable risks for drinkers, whether they have been labeled alcoholics or not (Cahalan, Cisin et al, 1969;Hayman, 1967). On the other hand, it is possible that proper learning situations might be devised to decrease the frequency and magnitude of these risks.…”

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Sobriety as a Symptom of Alcohol Intoxication: A Clinical Commentary on Intoxication and Drunkenness

Paredes

Hood

Seymour

1975

British Journal of Addiction to Alcohol & Other Drugs

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Intoxication and drunken behavior are related but not identical phenomena. Certain biological, psychormtor and psychological effects define intoxication. On the other hand, drunken behavior is to a great extent culturally defined and is related to variables such as time, place, environmental cues, social atmosphere, role expectations, attitudes and psychological needs. A common denominator for both is alcohol imbibition.The behavior of an intoxicated alcoholic does not have to be drunken. In support of this position, a case is presented showing that an alcoholic-tuhose drinking behavior is characteristically maladaptive-was able to display socially integrative behavior while exposed to substantial amounts of alcohol. This finding was not fortuitous. Twenty-nine other alcoholics received alcohol according to a two-day drinking schedule. The men initiated and stopped drinking on request and did not display provocative behavior while drinking. The study demonstrates that it is possible to initiate and easily terminate periods of drinking in alcoholics. This may represent a first step in the process of teaching alcoholics to drink without exhibiting socially disruptive behavior. IntroductionIt is convenient to draw distinctions between the biopsychological changes that follow alcohol ingestion, i.e., alcohol intoxication, and concomitant behaviors recognized as drunken. Intoxication and drunkenness, we propose, are related but not identical phenomena. Symptoms of intoxication associated with the ingestion of appropriate amounts of ethanol include: cutaneous vasodilation, increased heart rate, increzised respiratory frequency and water diuresis, augmented intracellular water volume, increased intestinal motility, nausea, and vomiting. To these reliable biological effects we may add psychomotor changes such as impairment in sensormotor capabilities and locomotor ability, poor oculomotor coordination, slow reaction time and other performance decrements. Actions on higher psychological functions are exemplified by autonomic and emotional changes, decrements in judgement, memory and learning ability and impairment in the accuracy of arithmetic solving operations (Wallgren and Barry III, 1970;Jones, 1972;Tarter, Simpson

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Nonabstinent Drinking Goals in the Treatment of Alcoholism-Nonabstinent Drinking Goals in the Treatment of Alcoholism

Em¹

1976

Arch Gen Psychiatry

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The Myth of Social Drinking

Cited by 11 publications

References 25 publications

Some current studies of psychoactive and hallucinogenic drug use.

Some current studies of psychoactive and hallucinogenic drug use.

Sobriety as a Symptom of Alcohol Intoxication: A Clinical Commentary on Intoxication and Drunkenness

Nonabstinent Drinking Goals in the Treatment of Alcoholism-Nonabstinent Drinking Goals in the Treatment of Alcoholism

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