Drinking one alcoholic beverage a day can reduce the consumer’s life expectancy by two-and-a-half months, according to new research by an expert on substance use.
Tim Stockwell, a scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research, explained to the Daily Mail how alcohol consumption can reduce drinkers’ life expectancies. While one drink can lower life expectancy by two-and-a-half months, five decreases life expectancy by about two years, and two alcoholic beverages per week can cut consumers’ lives by about six days.
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“Alcohol is our favorite recreational drug,” he told the outlet. “We use it for pleasure and relaxation, and the last thing we want to hear is that it causes any harm … it’s comforting to think that drinking is good for our health, but, unfortunately, it’s based on poor science.”
Some research over the years has indicated that consuming alcohol is good for one’s health, but Stockwell doesn’t believe there’s much stock in that theory.
In reference to analyses suggesting non-drinkers are inclined to suffer a host of illnesses drinkers avoid, Stockwell told the Daily Mail it’s likely because the aforementioned studies came from surveys of former alcohol users.
“These abstainers are often older people
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