According to research, nearly 50% of companies reported that alcohol abuse was present among their employees and that around 32% of their employees were addicted to prescription drugs.
Such research reveals how addiction in the modern-day workplace is starting to become an epidemic, costing employers billions annually. Opioid addiction alone costs employers $2.6 billion per year.
Even so, employers continue to promote drinking engagements, and the keg is becoming the new water cooler. Employees are thus beginning to lose all sight of work/life balance and are steadily becoming more depressed and stressed and abusing substances as a result.
