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The ABA already measured this. The assistance program is the first call.

The 2016 ABA Commission on Lawyer Assistance Programs / Hazelden Betty Ford study in the Journal of Addiction Medicine surveyed 12,825 licensed, employed attorneys. 20.6% screened as problematic drinkers on AUDIT. Rates were higher in men and in the first ten years of practice. Depression (28%) and anxiety (19%) traveled with the drinking more often than the profession likes to admit.

Every state has a Lawyer Assistance Program. CoLAP at the ABA keeps the map. A LAP is not an inpatient facility. It is how many lawyers get assessed without the first call being an out-of-state admissions desk. Ask any residential program whether they have treated people with an active bar number and whether they will coordinate with the LAP instead of improvising around it.

Source: Krill, Johnson & Albert, Journal of Addiction Medicine, 2016. Educational only.

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