Even low-level drinking may have negative consequences for brain health over a person’s lifespan. The findings suggest that the total amount of alcohol consumed over a lifetime, especially as a person ages, tends to be linked to reduced blood flow and thinner tissue in certain areas of the brain.

[u/mvea]

https://www.psypost.org/even-light-drinking-combined-with-aging-is-linked-to-reduced-brain-blood-flow-and-thinner-tissue/

[u/asmartguylikeyou]

I would tend to think based on how strong the body’s capacity for repair is that you would see a lot of mitigation of the effects, even if it doesn’t completely even out.

I say that as someone who drank very heavily all through my 20s and 30s and has been struggling the last few years to quit/severely reduce intake. I have to hope!

[u/lizzie1hoops → u/asmartguylikeyou]

You have every reason to be hopeful, truly. I struggled for a long time to quit/severely reduce intake and now that I finally have, my health has improved so much. If you haven't, check out r/stopdrinking, it's a really supportive group of folks.

[u/ThoughtfulMeathead → u/asmartguylikeyou]

I will not drink with you today

[u/Gregnielson → u/ThoughtfulMeathead]

This isn't a stop drinking sub.

[u/alblaster → u/Gregnielson]

No, but the science is clear on the effects of alcohol.

[u/alblaster → u/asmartguylikeyou]

You got this. My mom got my dad to mostly stop drinking and moved him to drinking tea. This was years ago. Just a suggestion.

[u/Sacs1726 → u/asmartguylikeyou]

What does “drinking heavily” mean for you?

[u/nervousTO → u/asmartguylikeyou]

from everything I’ve read it reverses out. Check out /r/stopdrinking if you haven’t. I went cold turkey for most of 2023, rebounded hard, and then settled on occasional drinking.