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Social distancing and isolation have become everyday features of the pandemic. These stresses, along with factors like job loss, have resulted in more instances of substance abuse. That’s according to Northwestern Medicine Licensed Clinical Social Worker Marissa Kirch. She said more people are drinking greater amounts of alcohol, or taking up the habit if they haven’t before.
“There’s alcohol easily accessible to them at earlier times than before and they don’t have to worry about getting up the next day or being available at a certain time, so that definitely increased a lot since the pandemic has begun.”