As part of a long - term study, King and her team carefully screened and studied
heavy social drinkers who reported a pattern of binge drinking behavior as young adults — at least four (for women) or five (for men) drinks per occasion, between one and five times per week.
Heavy social drinkers who report greater stimulation and reward from alcohol are more likely to develop alcohol use disorder over time, report researchers from the University of Chicago, May 15 in the journal Biological Psychiatry.
In a double - blind, placebo - controlled study, a team led by Andrea King, PhD, professor of psychiatry and behavioral neuroscience at the University of Chicago, analyzed the subjective response of 104 young adult
heavy social drinkers to alcohol and tracked their long - term drinking habits.
Not exact matches
Published in an upcoming issue of Clinical Psychological Science, the researchers found that compared to their peers who drink only in
social settings, teens who drink alone have more alcohol problems, are
heavier drinkers and are more likely to drink in response to negative emotions.
My blog mentions «
social» drinking because of the paper about moderate alcohol consumption above but all this could be equally applicable to
heavy drinkers and alcoholics too.
Average looking,
heavy set, 5» 10, widower, two children lives w / 1, retired disability, non-smoker, lite
social drinker