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Working in rock bands with many alcoholics over the years, I can agree with that study.
Of course what it does leave out is the fact that alcoholics are also addicted to just about everything. An alcoholic pretty much is usually also addicted to another of the most dangerous drugs on earth: nicotine.
And 3 of the alcoholics I was in bands with also had to be kept away from most recreational drugs because they had no control. Addictive physiology and personalities were the common factor in all of them.
But playing bars most of my life in bands...and meeting literally millions of people over the years doing so...I can tell you that true alcoholics completely destroy their lives without fail. Whereas drug addicts don't do that most of the time. The things I'm reading in this thread about that are taking worst case scenarios of desperate poor people. Newsflash: there are tons of successful, wealthy, and functioning drug addicts out there who never commit a crime and you would never know they are addicted to anything.
Then factor in prescription drugs like pain killers and ambien...and it's off the charts. Heroin and crack are small potatoes. Remember...heroin was completely legal for many years and was invented and distributed around the world by Bayer.
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