Katie Herzog: The Science Behind Drinking To Get Sober

Podcast: The Origins Podcast with Lawrence Krauss · Lawrence M. Krauss

Opublikowano: 2026-03-23

Alcoholism is a scourge on modern society. Every year, 178,000 American die from alcohol abuse, and it has been estimated that over 200 billion dollars is lost from the US economy due to alcoholism, includingcosts of health care, lost productivity, and costs of crime enforcement. Given this immense social cost, it is equally amazing that there is no widely accepted cure. Rather, alcoholics are told they need to abstain from taking a single drink for the rest of their lives, or they are likely to revert to their earlier states of alcohol abuse. Katie Herzog is a journalist whose...