
The legal profession, long associated with elevated rates of stress, anxiety, and depression, is also marked by a disproportionately high incidence of problematic alcohol use. While the epidemiology of attorney substance use has been well documented, less examined are the structural and psychological barriers that impede meaningful change once alcohol-related dysfunction emerges. This Article argues that attorneys face a uniquely entrenched set of obstacles when confronted with the need to modify their relationship to alcohol—obstacles



