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Abstract
The New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Group (NDSAG) has been in existence since 1976. It started life deliberately covertly as an informal aggregation of British alcohol researchers and practitioners who had been engaging in the exploration of a heresy: that ‘alcoholics’ could, if suitably treated or trained, return to controlled drinking. The first meeting was the brainchild of the late D. L. Davies and took place under the auspices of the Alcohol Education Centre, well away from any national spotlight, in Dumfries, south west Scotland, with less than 20 of us there. We shared our clinical experiences and research findings, and commented on the research findings of others, from Australia and the USA. That could have been it: just another 2-day thematic conference and no follow-up event.
