Rehabilitation may be needed by many sufferers of alcoholism in
Scotland. According to statistics from the Information Services
Division Scotland (ISD), chronic liver disease, most likely
resulting from excess alcohol consumption, has seen a sharp
increase in men and women in Scotland over the past decade.
People aged between 30 and 39 saw the highest mortality rates
from chronic liver disease, with almost five times as many
people dying from the illness today than in the early 1980s. Dr
Rachel Seabrook, research manager at the Institute of Alcohol
Studies, commented: "Liver disease is a problem which has been
growing for years, and Scotland particularly has severe problems
with alcohol even more so than other parts of the UK." She added
that adjusting people's attitudes towards alcohol through price
increases could be one way of tackling the illness. The Office
for National Statistics recently revealed that alcohol-related
deaths in males were continuing to increase across the UK with
9,031 people dying from