Working too hard can drive you to drink – research

A research of more than 400,000 people have found that working too hard can drive you to drink.

Researchers confirmed yesterday (Wednesday, January 14) that individuals who exceed 48 working hours per week – the European Union’s suggested maximum – are likelier to consume “risky” quantities of alcohol.

This meta-analysis supports the longstanding suspicion that workers subjected to long working hours, alcohol can seem like a fast acting and effective way to dull work-related aches and pains and smooth the transition between work life and home life.