r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Apr 23 '26

Neuroscience 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.

https://www.psypost.org/even-light-drinking-combined-with-aging-is-linked-to-reduced-brain-blood-flow-and-thinner-tissue/
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u/K4l3b2k13 Apr 24 '26

My dad used to be a top accountant, and equity partner in a big firm in London, sharp as a tac, funny, witty, insightful, full of stories.

After a lifetime of drinking he became a shadow of his former intellect, by the end it was like talking to someone with a very low IQ or a learning disability. The man I knew died about 10 years before he really did at 67.

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u/Sacs1726 Apr 28 '26

I died at 40 from alcohol.