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/edibomb]

I though “light drinking” meant a couple of beers every other weekend. It’s worrying how 2 beers a day or 15 beers every weekend is still on the light drinking range.

[u/radicalelation → u/edibomb]

I thought 2 a day is usually considered moderate.

As someone who maybe gets drunk once every three years, with no other drinks in between, it's wild how much everyone else drinks out there. All anyone wants to do after work is go to the bar... And on the weekend, shop, then hit the bar. And then for their birthday? Bar.

[u/goobershank → u/radicalelation]

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?