Welcome to Sunday. Here’s hoping you aren’t nursing a Saturday night hangover. It’s been a long, long time but I do recall them as being quite miserable. I just didn’t realize that on a national basis, they are quite expensive too.

A hangover can be one of the most uncomfortable experiences of your life, and it turns out hangovers also drain the U.S. economy. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released new data that says excessive alcohol consumption cost the U.S. 249 billion dollars in 2012, or $2.05 per drink. That's a huge jump from the 223.5 billion dollars, or $1.90 per drink it cost in 2006.

The cost really comes from reduced workplace productivity, crime, and the cost of treating people for health problems caused by excessive drinking.

It comes as no surprise that 77 percent of those costs come from binge drinking, or five plus drinks on one occasion for men, and four plus drinks for women. The docs at the CDC's Alcohol Program says the increase in the costs of excessive drinking from 2006to 2010 is concerning. The CDC has determined effective prevention strategies can reduce excessive drinking and related costs in states and communities, but they are under used. (Consumerist)

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