Having a job may give people a better chance at recovery following treatment for alcohol use disorder. Nationwide data from people who received outpatient treatment for alcohol use disorder found that people with full-time jobs drank less frequently at the end of treatment. And those whose employment status increased during treatment, for example from unemployed to employed full-time, had greater reductions in alcohol use frequency than those whose employment status did not change.
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