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Women account for rising share of alcoholics, study shows
Copley News Service reports one third of the nation’s nine million alcoholics are women, with 28 percent of Alcoholics Anonymous members female. Experts cite changing lifestyles, women’s roles, and social stigma. Dr. Morris E. Chafetz notes increased isolation at home and double stigma for alcoholic women, who may drink to feel more feminine or to demonstrate equal status with men.
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