The rate of problem drinking is roughly three times higher in the U.S. among lawyers than the adult population as a whole, said attorney and clinician Patrick R. Krill, Hazelden's architect of the project and the study's lead author. Lawyers also have alcohol problems at a rate higher than doctors and other professions.
Narrowing the focus strictly to the quantity and frequency of drinking, the study saw that more than a third of lawyers exhibit trouble with alcohol.
Krill added that "we found rates of depression are also significantly higher than the general population," while lawyers also were coping with anxiety at a higher rate than the country as a whole.
ABA President Paulette Brown said, "This new research demonstrates how the pressures felt by many lawyers manifest in health risks."
Ummmm, no. Read your data. Those people were drinking at the beginning.
What it more likely demonstrates is that people who self medicate their infections with alcohol become anxious and obsessed with learning Rules, and following Rules, and enforcing Rules. And then doubling down on drinking when the Rules don't seem to work.
It's a self-selecting population. Rule worship is an Alcoholic behavior.
