NBCWashington- A new report says that adults in Washington D.C. abuse alcohol more than anyone else in the country. According to a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 8.1 percent of adults age 26 or older in D.C. are alcohol dependent. Looking at a long-term sampling, alcohol abuse rate is on the rise for the District, according to the survey. The Washington Examiner first reported the story, noting that alcohol abuse has been a chronic issue in the District, affecting residents from the city's streets to former First Lady Betty Ford in the White House. The Examiner reported that overall, D.C.'s combined alcohol and drug dependence rate was 11.3 percent of residents age 12 and older. Virginia's rate for the same age group was 9.4 percent, and in Maryland, the abuse rate was 9.4 percent.
If you're surprised by this you're either a Mormon or an idiot. This pretty much explains the debt crisis though. Have you ever brought a credit card to the bar? I've never once been happy with that decision. Opening at tab is dangerous in its own right, then all the sudden there's a solid seven talking to you and you think to yourself, "fuck it, it's not like I have to pay it back now." Start buying drinks you can't afford. Next thing you know you're closer to reaching your credit limit than getting laid, so naturally you buy another drink to think about it less. Don't look at your bank statement for like three weeks. Not a good look. Anyway, yeah, that credit card was the national debt. DC was the drunk guy. And I'm pretty sure the military is the solid seven. Not positive though. Bottom's up.
PS- How the hell are we supposed to balance this budget drunk? I can barely balance my body when I'm drunk. Legitimately. A set of stairs look like the aggro crag after a few drinks. But you want us to magically find trillions of dollars in the books to free up in this condition? Best case scenario we're wicked hung over. Get real.
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