Scientists explained who most often becomes an alcoholic

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A new study conducted by the University of Chicago Medical School in of young adults who had been drinking for 10 years found that those who reported the highest sensitivity to the pleasurable and beneficial effects of alcohol at baseline were more likely to experience an alcohol use disorder (AUD) at follow-up .

Furthermore, when their responses were retested 10 years later, those who became alcoholics had the highest levels of alcohol stimulation and craving, elevated compared to baseline with no signs of tolerance to these pleasurable effects. .

The study examined a cohort of 190 young people who participated in a laboratory alcoholism scenario at three regular intervals over a 10-year period.

These results show that people who develop AUDs are more prone to sensitization to the effects of alcohol, meaning they experience a stronger positive response than they are used to to a substance with a lower response level. On these same people, alcohol had a less sedative effect from the very beginning, and this did not change over time.