One in five young professionals in the UK consider themselves to have a drinking problem, a survey has found.
The research found that more men in this category said they believed they had issues with alcohol (28%), while for both men and women it was 21%.
On average 7% of those questioned admitted to having a drinking problem, but more than one in 10 (13%) 25 to 34-year-olds said they did while nearly half (45%) said they knew someone else who had one.
The poll of 4,000 UK adults also found that a third (35%) of 18 to 24-year-olds said they had got so drunk they could not remember most of their night out, with one in five (18%) admitting they have not been able to recall how they got home.
One in 20 (5%) admitted to driving themselves home drunk and one in ten (9%) have got in a car with someone who they knew was intoxicated, while m ore than one in 10 (16%) of 25 to 34-year-olds said they have woken up in a stranger's house.
Nearly half (47%) of young professionals said they thought it was acceptable to regularly get drunk on a night out compared to 21% of the population on average.
Meanwhile nearly a quarter (23%) of those aged 35 to 54 said they drink alone at home, with many saying they do it to relieve stress or relax.
Source: Belfast Telegraph, 02/04/15
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