One-third of alcoholics receiving treatment in Israel are recent immigrants from the former Soviet Union, according to a study by the Society for Alcoholism in Israel.
Many of these immigrants are afraid to seek treatment, because people who admitted to alcoholism in the former Soviet Union would lose their job and driver’s license, said Dr. Shoshana Weiss of the Alcoholism Prevention Society.
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