Alcohol Addiction

‘Gig Economy’ Jobs May Lead to Problem Drinking

THE TEMPTATION OF LIFE –

April 10, 2024 – People who take poorly paid temp jobs as freelancers or independent contractors are 43% more likely to develop an alcohol-related illness than those with full-time permanent employment.

Those illnesses include mental and behavioral disorders caused by alcohol, alcoholic liver disease and alcohol toxicity, according to the report published April 9 in the journal Occupational & Environmental Medicine.

“Young adulthood is a particularly sensitive period in life concerning the initiation and formation of health-related behaviors, such as alcohol use,” concluded the research team led by Emelie Thern, an assistant professor of occupational medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden…

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