The Case for Drinking Alcohol

Conversations With Coleman by The Free Press

Apr 27, 202672:03Society & Culture

Most researchers who study alcohol focus on what it does to your body. Edward Slingerland is more interested in what it does to your friendships. In his book Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civiliza...

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