Bookshop and Library

Alcohol Concern publishes a range of booklets, factsheets, briefings and reports. This section provides information about publications available to purchase.

Bookshop - Other Publications:

Information and advice booklets:

• Concerned about someone's drinking?
• A woman's guide to alcohol
• I don't mind if I do...alcohol and older people...safer drinking for the over 60s
• Enough bottle? Can you handle the booze: a guide for teenagers
• Putting the children first: helping families to deal with the effects of a parent's heavy drinking on family life
• Dangerous cocktails: your mental health medication and alcohol what are the facts?

Our information and advice booklets cost £2.75 each.

Alcohol Concern members receive a discount of 10% on orders of 100 copies and over.

Factsheets:

Our factsheets cover topics such as: men and alcohol; women and alcohol; drink drive accidents and alcohol and crime.

Free summaries of all our factsheets can be downloaded from this website.

Factsheets cost £2.75 each. (Factsheets can be supplied as printed copies or as a pdf. Once you have sent in your order please email info@alcoholconcern.org.uk requesting a pdf version).

Alcohol Concern members receive one free copy of each of our factsheets.

Reports, briefings and guidance:

We publish guidance and information for commissioners, practitioners and agencies involved in local alcohol action, together with a range of other publications. Browse the bookshop for further details.

Straight Talk - Alcohol Concern's quarterly membership magazine

Straight Talk is Alcohol Concern's quarterly magazine and includes articles, news and features on a range of alcohol issues. Straight Talk is sent free to all members of Alcohol Concern.

Find out more about the benefits of membership of Alcohol Concern.

How to Order Alcohol Concern Publications

Orders can be placed online or by post. Download our publications order form (for payment by cheque/BACS) or go to our online shop (for payment by credit card).

All orders for publications, booklets and factsheets need to be paid in advance either by:

• Credit card payment via the AC website using the shopping basket facility
• Cheque or BACS payment together with a written order form
• Proforma invoices can be issued for orders over the value of £50.00. Publications will be despatched once the remittance has been received

We aim to despatch publication orders within 21 days of receiving payment.

Alcohol Concern Library Database:

The Alcohol Concern library database is primarily an archive resource. Use the "library search" option on the left-hand navigation to search the library archive.

Other Library Resources:

The new National Library for Public Heath is a specialist online library - part of the National Library for Health. The National Library for Public Health will contain resources in line with the objectives of the government's white papers "Choosing Health: making healthy choices easier" and "Our health, our care, our say". It includes a section on alcohol:
http://www.library.nhs.uk/publichealth/

Information Enquiries:

Much of the information we supply about alcohol can be found in our factsheets. Free factsheet summaries can also be downloaded from this website. For other information enquiries, please email: info@alcoholconcern.org.uk.