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The international team of scientists held the largest in all history study on the relationship between time a person’s work and alcohol abuse. Results of this studies were published in the British Medical Journal.
Scientists have found that if working hours exceeds the norm, a person falls into depression, is exposed stress, sleeps poorly. This is where alcohol comes to the rescue. IN EU countries standard hours of work are 40 hours in a week. If the working week is “delayed” by 48 hours, the likelihood of alcohol abuse is increased by 11%. Therein if a person works for 49-54 hours a week, grows by 13% the risk of developing severe alcohol dependence. This the situation is more pronounced in men than in women.
Scientists note that they do not affect the pattern identified by them neither geography nor the social and economic status of people. Must to believe that the real situation with workaholic alcoholism is still worse, because scientists built their conclusions on the basis of data that the respondents indicated voluntarily, and many seek downplay your alcohol addiction.
In addition, after long work, workaholics take off stress with the help of strong drinks, increasingly popular it becomes the principle of “well done – we’ll have a good rest”, encouraging risky behavior. They try to follow him workaholic businessmen. Perhaps, finally, the fact that people susceptible to depression and other disorders, more is required time for work, and with alcohol they try to “heal” their emotional wounds.
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