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Lawyers Increasingly Turning to Gambling, Drugs, and Alcohol to Cope with Stress

Lawyers Increasingly Turning to Gambling, Drugs, and Alcohol to Cope with Stress

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The Illinois Lawyers Assistance Program has released a survey, based on feedback from 6,700 lawyers, assessing their well-being and addressing issues ranging from mental health and stress levels to alcohol and drug use. Lawyers Under Stress Turn to Gambling, Drugs, Alcohol The survey seeks to better understand how work-related stress is affecting mental health in the guild, with 3% of respondents saying that they experienced problem gambling, 53% of those respondents saying that they gambled at least once a week , and 12% daily .

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