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Assuming this site has decent numbers, in the US around 5% of people >26 years old have an "alcohol use disorder". Presumably the majority of those are addition

Assuming this site has decent numbers, in the US around 5% of people >26 years old have an "alcohol use disorder". Presumably the majority of those are addition disorders. But that means that after 12 years 95% of them will still be fine. https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/addiction-statistics https://americanaddictioncenters.org/rehab-guide/addiction-s...

osmarks 6y ago
Presumably an alcohol use disorder is quite bad. Is the benefit of drinking alcohol really enough to offset the fairly significant risk there?
goonogle 6y ago
So tens of millions of people? Sounds like a public health crisis