Some unsurprising news
 

I feel sure the article below will not come as a shock to us on these pages but detailed scientific analysis carried out on the grey matter of moderate as well as excessive drinkers which indicates moderate drinkers suffer a loss of grey matter density cannot easily be dismissed by those with a vested interest in doing so.

I do not expect it to result in an overnight international revolution on how alcohol is viewed but I do think that in the longer term this will be seen as a significant development:-

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...droidApp_Other

Insidiously, I tried to solve my drinking problem while I was still drinking - using a definitely un-well brain.

I am not surprised at the results of this research.
I once read that alcohol penetrates all the walls of the brain, something no other drugs can do.

Thanks for this post Sao

I'd like to see what the peer review says as the guardian will print any old tat. Thanks for sharing though.

No cause for alarm Scd619x, it was published in the Daily Mail too...

Thanks for that Sao - the conclusions certainly ally with my experience and all the credible research I’ve read.

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Certainly an interesting study, but to be honest I doubt it will really have any effect on curtailing drinking. We have overwhelming evidence that other drugs are bad for you in any quantity ( Cocaine, opiates, meth, etc ) yet people sell their souls to keep getting high on them. Maybe it's just my cynical view but to me consequences are never a good deterrent - we need to make the decision for ourselves.

Thanks for sharing It’s refreshing to see the media finally highlighting the risks to health associated with drinking alcohol. As opposed to the ‘drinking a glass of red wine a day is good for you’ nonsense. I think there is a shift in the way people are viewing alcohol in any amounts, a lot of sober curious folks these days who don’t necessarily have a dependance to alcohol deciding to try a life without it.