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For some of your company’s employees, the struggle may be very real.
Variegated data from 2008 to 2012 suggests that on a yearly average 8.7 percent of full-time employees between the ages of 18 and 65 have abused alcohol within the past 30 days; 8.6 percent have used illicit drugs in the past month; and 9.5 percent have become dependent on alcohol or other substances during the past year.
Employees that come to work hungover, or otherwise too impaired in their ability to function fully and productively are a problem in businesses across the board. This is NOT a private or personal matter that employees must be left alone to work out for themselves — not when it impacts your business.
Professionals in the field of addiction behavior suggest following these steps to deal with substance abuse in the workplace: