While many of our colleagues joke about the stress of being a lawyer, often followed by some reference to drinking, a recent study should cause us all to stop and take these so-called witticisms seriously. As Shakespeare said, “Jesters do often prove prophets.”
The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation and the American Bar Association’s Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs surveyed nearly 15,000 attorneys in 19 states. Participants used a self-reporting instrument called the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, or the AUDIT scale, which is a method of screening for problematic alcohol dependence developed by the World Health Organization.
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