Letters to the Editor: Alcohol costing lives and business

'As a country we cannot afford to sit back and do nothing'

'Alcoholism is a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations.' File picture: Yui Mok/PA

I want to thank the Irish Examiner’s Neil Michael for last Wednesday’s article on alcohol abuse and its impact on work productivity.

The above figure is utterly staggering, which suggests to me that many employees suffer from alcohol use disorders, so it’s no surprise to me, that the consequence of problem drinking are often evident in the workplace.