About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment

WASHINGTON, D. C.--"We have previously underestimated the economic costs of alcohol-related problems to our nation's economy," said Dr. Morris E. Chafetz, director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, in discussing [a major report on alcohol and health.] Three years ago, the institute estimated the total cost of alcoholism in the United States at $15,000,000,000.