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Title: Not good enough
Review: Beyond the Influence is a rehash of the Ketcham's 1983 classic "Under the Influence", which earns five stars. True, there a smidgen of new information, but the presentation is tedious. The introduction of fairly technical biochemical and genetic information in the beginning of the book was enough to drive me to ... buy Ketcham's first book.I bought the book in hopes of giving it to someone who needs this information immediately, but the book was unsuitable because of the stultifying format. I feel that this book should be on the bookshelf of an addictions treatment specialist, but if you need to give this vital information to an alcoholic, you're better off with "Under".The reason that it earns only two stars is because the authors are experienced enough writers to know better. The new information could have been presented in appendices to a new editon of "Under" with better effect. This being said, the information is timely, accurate and useful to some.
