It's everywhere: advertising, sports, social events - almost anywhere people get together - but at what cost? Behind the glossy images and beyond happy hour, Uncorked! reveals the true cost of alcohol to our families, community and health - and makes some thought-provoking suggestions as to how we can live with alcohol and, perhaps, how we should live without it.

Uncorked! looks beyond the myths about alcohol, revealing the astonishing facts about its effects on the body and society.  

Uncorked! explores alcohol’s disturbing links with road and workplace accidents, crime and other violence, brain damage and other health impacts, sexual assault and relationship breakdown.

For the past 10 years, Dr.John Ashton and Dr. Ron Laura have monitored the social and health impacts of alcohol.  Based on health and social research studies and clinical and community observation, Uncorked! makes essential and engaging reading for all who care about the health of our communities.

The culture of alcohol has become so pervasive, the authors argue, that coherent and coordinated personal and community action is urgently needed to curb its devastating and tragic effects.