Binge drinking report prompts warning to workers.

Binge drinking report prompts warning to workers. :

"'We calculated, using that data, that about 2.7 million workdays were lost in 2001 as a result of alcohol use and that translated into a cost of about $437 million using the average wage for that year,' Dr Pidd said."

It mentions the damage to the person as well in this article...but there is the long term damage to the long suffering family of a drinker. The impact on children. Uncontrolled drinking puts a home into dysfunction and people become abused as a result. We need to work out why people are turning to drink.