For women: "How many times in the past year have you had 4 or more drinks in a day?"
For men: "How many times in the past year have you had 5 or more drinks in a day?"
If a person answered 1 or more, they were about 80% likely to have an issue with alcohol abuse. Interesting. Of course, this is not 100% and that means that there are about 20% of people who can have 4 or 5 drinks in a day and not have an issue with alcohol, think about a vacation for example. But for people who rely on alcohol every day, or who have built up a tolerance to that amount of alcohol, this one question is illuminating.
It's a tough question to ask, it's a tough one to ask yourself and it can be even tougher to answer.
It's a tough question to ask, it's a tough one to ask yourself and it can be even tougher to answer.
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