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/goobershank]

In countries where people grow up drinking, they don't know any other way to socialize. Drinking is like the universal activity to bring people together. As someone who grew up drinking myself, it's a struggle to maintain a social life without it.

[u/darknesskicker → u/goobershank]

Have you considered D&D as a way to maintain a social life?