How Long to Read Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic

How Long Does it Take to Read Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic by Sarah A. Benton

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Who is the typical alcoholic among the 12.5 million living in the United States now? Many, if not most of us when asked that question, would envision a skid row bum or someone at least out of work or with little education locked into a low-skill, low-paying job. But that is not accurate, according to the results of a national study released in June, 2007 by the National Institutes of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. The NIAAA determined that alcoholics in the United States really fall into five subtypes, including nearly 20 percent who are highly functional alcoholics, well-educated with good incomes. They include corporate presidents, powerful politicians, police, lawyers, doctors, scientists, and other highly-skilled, highly-educated people who are middle- to high-income and by most accounts successful. In this unprecedented book, mental health counselor Sarah Benton takes us into the worlds and minds of so-called high-functioning alcoholics, to understand how people so intelligent and achievement-oriented get drawn into states in which they secretly cannot control their liquor consumption but still manage to excel in their careers. The book includes a look at celebrity alcoholics like singer Eric Clapton and actor/comedian Robin Williams, as well as alcoholics in high positions including Chris Albrecht, former Chairman and CEO of HBO. Other high-profile people included in this book are Miss USA 2007 Tara Conner and football legend Joe Namath. With her own story of alcoholism and her recovery woven into the text, Benton takes us into the lives and challenges of these well-educated and successful people, seeking to understand how, when, and why they became addicted, as well as the reasons their alcoholism is, for most, so hard to admit, cope with, and recover from.

How long is Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic?

Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic by Sarah A. Benton is 222 pages long, and a total of 55,944 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 5 minutes to read Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic aloud.

What Reading Level is Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic?

Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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