Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures and boxes -- Foreword -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- The social construction of women's alcohol use -- The context for a social model of alcohol use -- Alcohol and moral regulation in historical context -- Normalisation of hedonism? Challenging convergence culture through ethnographic studies of alcohol consumption by young adults -- a feminist exploration -- Alcohol, young women's culture and gender hierarchies -- Domestic abuse and women's use of alcohol -- Different women, different perspectives -- Older women and alcohol -- The silences in our dance: Black Caribbean women and alcohol (mis)use -- A drink in my hand: why 'putting down the glass' may be too simple a solution for lesbian women -- Been there, seen that, done it! An auto-ethnographic narrative account of alcohol use -- A social approach to women's alcohol treatment -- The right 'space' for women: examining effective treatment in primary care for women's dependent and problematic alcohol consumption -- Responding to women's alcohol problems through adult community learning provision -- What alcohol support women say they need: evidence from service user-led research and practice -- The social model in alcohol treatment services: the impact for women -- Conclusion -- Subject index -- Author index