Coffee drinking, smoking common in AA members
Thursday, July 24th, 2008People recovering from alcoholism seem to drink more coffee and have a higher rate of smoking than the average American, a new study shows.
The researchers found that among 289 members of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), 88.5 percent regularly drank coffee, often in large amounts. One third of coffee drinkers said they downed more than four cups per day.
In addition, 57 percent of the group said that they smoked—much higher than the general rate of 27 percent in Nashville, Tennessee, where the study was conducted.
