Understanding the Problem Drinking Continuum
Alcohol is implicated in 100,000 American deaths each year, and alcohol problems cost the nation $185 billion annually in lost productivity, health care expenses and car crashes. As health care costs escalate, budgets tighten and the number of alcohol-related car crashes creeps up, it's useful to understand how the full continuum of problem drinking affects health, family and society.
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