A NOTE TO EMPLOYERS:
An important study by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation* shows that performance problems in the workplace are not only related to alcohol dependence ( alcoholism), but also to drinking by nondependent employees in ways that impact their job performance. In fact, the study shows that:

The majority of alcohol-related work performance problems can be attributed to employees who are not alcohol dependent.

Employees may not make the connection that their occasional excessive drinking levels have resulted in productivity problems, such as arriving late or leaving work early, being absent or getting into arguments with co-workers.

Workers report significant productivity costs due to the "secondhand" effects of co-workers' drinking. Twenty-one percent report being injured or put in danger, having to re-do work, cover for a co-worker or needing to work harder or longer due to other's drinking.

* New Perspectives for Worksite Alcohol Strategies: Results from a Corporate Drinking Study. Dec 1988