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Survey prompts rethink on heavy drinkers

US government study finds most people who "drink to get drunk" are not alcoholics, and strategies to change their behaviour could curb excessive drinking.

Published Fri, Nov 21, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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MOST people who drink to get drunk are not alcoholics, a new government report concludes, suggesting that more can be done to help heavy drinkers cut back.

The finding, from a government survey of 138,100 adults, counters the conventional wisdom that every "falling-down drunk" must be addicted to alcohol.

Instead, the …

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Survey prompts rethink on heavy drinkers

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Former Zouk morphs into mod-Asian Jiak Kim House, serving laksa pasta and mushroom bak kut teh

Massimo Bottura lends star power to pizza and pasta at Torno Subito

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