1) sociāla dzeršana ir populārākais iemesls, kādēļ jaunieši vispār sāk dzert (
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272735805000759)
savukārt, jo agrākā vecumā sāk dzert, jo lielākas ir izredzes kļūt par alkoholiķi
(Logistic regression analyses revealed that the younger respondents were when they started drinking, the greater the likelihood that, between the 2 surveys, they experienced alcohol dependence/abuse, drank 5 drinks per occasion at least weekly drove under the influence of alcohol, and placed themselves in situation after drinking where they could be hurt.
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/123/6/1477/71586/Age-of-Drinking-Onset-Alcohol-Use-Disorders)
2) alkoholiķi nav tikai tie, kas ir funkcionēt nespējīgi.
klīniski/pētnieciski izdalīti dažādi apakštipi alkohola lietošanas uzvedībai, ko var apvienot nosacītos Apollonian-Dionysian tipos:
(Apollonian subtypes include alcoholics who are characterized by later onset, a slower disease course, fewer complications, less psychological impairment, and a better prognosis. In contrast, Dionysian subtypes of alcoholics are characterized by early onset, more severe symptomatology, greater psychological vulnerability, and more personality disturbance.)
Babor, T. F. (1996). The classification of alcoholics: Typology theories from the 19th century to the present. Alcohol Health and Research World, 20(1), 6.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876530/3) varbūt no psiholoģiskā viedokļa atlkoholam var atrast kādu pozitīvu aspektu, bet no neirobioloģijas aspekta neesmu redzējusi nevienu +
Spear, L. P. (2018). Effects of adolescent alcohol consumption on the brain and behaviour. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 19(4), 197-214.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn.2018.10Immonen, S., Launes, J., Järvinen, I., Virta, M., Vanninen, R., Schiavone, N., ... & Hokkanen, L. (2020). Moderate alcohol use is associated with decreased brain volume in early middle age in both sexes. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-8.
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1038/s41598-020-70910-5.pdfTopiwala, A., Allan, C. L., Valkanova, V., Zsoldos, E., Filippini, N., Sexton, C., ... & Ebmeier, K. P. (2017). Moderate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline: longitudinal cohort study. bmj, 357.
https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2353.fullOscar-Berman, M., & Marinković, K. (2007). Alcohol: effects on neurobehavioral functions and the brain. Neuropsychology review, 17, 239-257.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4040959/