Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber

Re:Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber by tjalfi on Sunday February 19, 2017 @09:24PM (#13683759)

Alcohol use isn't an intrinsic quality of the legal industry but it might as well be.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4736291/

The following excerpt is the first sentence of the conclusion.

"Attorneys experience problematic drinking that is hazardous, harmful, or otherwise consistent with alcohol use disorders at a higher rate than other professional populations."

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Re:Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber by jbronn on Sunday February 19, 2017 @10:14PM (#13683974)

This morbid fact is actually taught in law school. Something like 10% of attorneys abuse substances, multiple times over the national average. To demonstrate the scope of the problem: a phone number for an assistance hotline is placed in bold on all Texas state bar cards.

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