In the 1970s the vagrant alcoholic was not a new problem. Tim Cook worked for many years with homeless men and in this book, originally published in 1975, he describes the problems of vagrant alcoholics and the way in which one voluntary organization, the Alcoholics Recovery Project, based in South London, responded to these problems.

Preface. 1. Introduction 2. The Beginning 3. The First Phase 4. Shop Fronts 5. Other Work of the Project 6. Detoxification Centres 7. Views from the Other Side 8. Assessment and Evaluation 9. Concluding Considerations. Bibliography. Index.