Self-Medication with Alcohol

"A small, but significant, percent of chronic pain sufferers have at one time or another turned to alcohol for relief; this occurred more often among middle age adults and men."

Source

Roper Starch Worldwide, Inc., "Chronic Pain In America: Roadblocks To Relief," research conducted for the American Pain Society, the American Academy of Pain Medicine and Janssen Pharmaceutica, Jan. 1999.