Lead researcher Dr. Ty Brumback adds, «The most important thing about the study is that
despite heavy drinkers» extensive experience with alcohol, increased speed of metabolism, and lower self - perceived impairment, we show that on a more demanding task they are just as impaired as light drinkers.»
Not exact matches
Despite this, few
heavy drinkers seek out treatment --- especially those who do not meet the clinical criteria for alcoholism, but whose drinking causes substantial damage to individuals, their families and the community.
A
heavy drinker, smoker and bad - eater, Rothko -
despite having created some of the greatest 20th century paintings - committed suicide at the age of 66 by taking an overdose of anti-depressants and slashing his wrists with a razor.