Recommend some books on drinking

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I don’t drink…wine. :smiley:

Or beer. Or mixed drinks.

When I turned 21, I got drunk to see what it was like. Because I was dumb, I skipped the supposedly fun part and went straight to the “ugh, what was I thinking?” part.

But for one reason or another, I decided that one of my characters is a raging alcoholic, and a number of others drink in social settings (parties, bars, wine tastings, etc.)

Obviously, more research is needed. So please recommend any good books (both fiction and nonfiction) on alcohol.

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There are two very highly regarded mystery series where alcohol plays a key role in the characters’ lives: the Matthew Scudder series by Lawrence Block and the Dave Robicheaux series by James Lee Burke.

I get the sense you are looking more for “Wine for Dummies,” but I think you’d be well rewarded in terms of characterization by reading a few from both of these series. If you enjoy mysteries/thrillers you will almost certainly enjoy them, too.