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Are You A Problem Drinker? More Than 1 In 10 Americans Are, Study Says

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- More than one in ten Americans have a drinking problem, and many never get treatment.

A new study found nearly 33 million Americans are drinking too much alcohol -- that's 14 percent of the population. This is the first estimate since doctors combined alcohol abuse and dependence into one disorder.

So what's at-risk or heavy drinking? For men, it's more than four drinks on any day or 14 drinks in a week. For women, it's more than three drinks on any day, or seven a week.

To find out if you're a high, medium or low risk drinker, the National Institutes of Health have posted a "Drinking Problem Calculator" on their website.

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