A new study examining participants» relationship to alcohol after a month without drinking found that
these individuals had fewer drinks per day, got drunk less often, and found it easier to refuse drinks six months after abstaining for a month.
Among
individuals who reported that none or
few of their best friends
drank alcohol between ages of 12 to 17 — considered a low - risk social environment — this ADH1B variant was associated with a protective effect, reducing the likelihood that an adolescent
would experience a first intoxication and first symptom of an AUD.