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Drinking in America
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Drinking in America
- Alcohol comsumption statistics are often frightening. The increase in Drinking and Driving as well as increased alcohol consumption in the last few years shows alarming statistics. Listed below are some facts taken from the NCADD website (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence). Among current drinkers (defined as anyone who consumed 12 or more drinks of alcohol during the past year):
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- Men are twice (21%) as likely as women (10%) to be heavier drinkers (individuals who consume two or more drinks per day on average).
- The prevalence of alcoholism is highest among people who have personal incomes of less than $10,000 (17%) and lowest among those whose incomes are $25,000 or more (6%).
- The prevalence of alcoholism is more than twice as high (19%) among those who have suffered from depression at some time during their lives as those who have not (9%).
- Anyone who admitted driving after drinking three times or more in the past year was either alcoholic (52%) or suffering from an alcohol-related problem (48%).
- Beer was the most popular alcoholic beverage by far among men who expressed a preference; women preferred beer and wine in almost equal percentages.
- 61% who admitted they had driven after drinking at least three times during the past year said they preferred drinking beer.
- Nearly half who started drinking before the age of 16 said they preferred drinking beer to wine or distilled spirits.
- 59% of those who ever had received treatment for an alcohol problem said they preferred drinking beer.
- A family history of alcoholism in both first and second degree relatives is twice as common among American Indians and Alaska natives (48%) as among whites (23%); blacks (22%); Hispanics of Hispanic origin (25%); or non-Hispanics of Hispanic origin (23%).
- 43% of those who ever had received any treatment for alcoholism in their lives said they had a family history of alcoholism in both first and second degree relatives.
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- Source: Drinking in the United States: Main Findings from the 1992 National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiologic Survey, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 11/98. See NCADD Drinking in America and NCADD Health Facts for more info.
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Alcoholism is a family disease. Those of us who live with, or have have lived with, this disease as children or adults sometimes have problems which the Al-Anon program can help us to resolve. If you have answered yes to some of all of the above questions, Al-Anon may be of help to you. You can contact Al-Anon by checking your local telephone directory, or from the Resources page. Phone numbers and Contact Information for the Austin Area are listed on the Contact Page of this website.
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