What is Gray Area Drinking?

…and why is it such a problem?

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Gray area drinking as “the space between the extremes of rock bottom and every-now-and-again drinking.” (as defined by my teacher, Jolene Park in her TEDx talk on the topic).

The reality is, most drinkers drink in this “gray area”…not quite crossing the line into addiction, yet still drinking heavily or regularly.