A Person’s High Or Low Response To Alcohol Says Much About Their Risk For Alcoholism
“If a person needs more alcohol to get a certain effect, that person tends to drink more each time they imbibe,” explained Marc A. Schuckit, director of the Alcohol Research Center, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego, and corresponding author for the study.“Other studies we have published have shown that these individuals also choose heavy drinking peers, which helps them believe that what they drink and what they expect to happen in a drinking evening are ‘normal,’” he said. “This low LR, which is perhaps a low sensitivity to alcohol, is genetically influenced.”
