The book includes three essays on the cultural, religious, and social significance of drinking in aboriginal culture. The book reminds aborigines (who suffer high rates of alcoholism) not to become slaves to the bottle. As for the story behind the name of the book, Sun wrote that "the title is meant to commemorate my friendship with Professor Kao Cheng-shu and his family from my student days in Europe ....
「久久酒一次」原本是孫大川的一本書名，書中有三篇從各種角度去談酒的文化及宗教、社會的意義，並提醒原住民不要成為酒的奴隸；但真正的典故，孫大川寫道：「是為紀念留歐期間與高承恕教授一家人的生命因緣。