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This is a psychiatric study of fourteen alcoholics—seven men and seven women. The stories of their alcoholic careers were collected in interviews and from written material prepared by the patients. The approach is narrative and descriptive with some dynamic flavoring.
Emphasis is put on the study of the postalcoholic state, hangover, as a crucial fragment of the syndrome of alcoholism. Also, the hangover provides a window for the closer study of the psychology of alcoholism itself. Hangover is characterized by the toxic effects