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Editor’s note: The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here. (CNN) — The holidays and New Year’s Eve are fast approaching, and for many, t
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The podcast Chasing Life With Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the medical science behind some of life’s mysteries big and small. You can listen to episodes here.
(CNN) — The holidays and New Year’s Eve are fast approaching, and for many, that means alcohol-infused *알코올이 함유된 festivities and gatherings to navigate *탐색.
We’re quickly learning that alcohol’s effects on the human body are not good, to say the least *최소한으로 말하자면 . There were 2.6 million deaths worldwide attributable to alcohol consumption in 2019, according to the World Health Organization. That count includes deaths from conditions caused by alcohol — such as heart disease, liver *간 disease and many different types of cancer — as well as deaths from the consequences of alcohol-fueled events like falls, drownings, traffic accidents and suicide.
And that statistic was from before Covid-19, when the stress and isolation of the pandemic resulted in alcohol use going up — and staying up.
Perhaps it’s no wonder that many people have become “sober curious *진지한 호기심,” expanding the popularity of sober bars, crafted mocktails and months dedicated to the pursuit, such as Dry January and Sober October.
Whether you choose to drink or not is an individual decision. Personal history, family history, tolerance *용인 for the physical short-term consequences (losing control, being drunk, blacking out or being hungover *숙취), long-term health concerns, and even whether you like the taste of alcohol, all factor into it.
One reason some people may turn to alcohol is because it’s perceived *인지된 as a social lubricant *사회적 윤활유.
“They tell us, ‘I’m more funny,’ ‘I’m less shy,’ ‘I’m more confident,’ ‘I’m more outgoing,’ ‘I’m more flirty,’” Dr. Jason Kilmer, an associate professor in psychiatry *정신과 and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington, told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently.
But Kilmer, who has studied and worked on preventing alcohol and drug use disorders *장애 among college students for two decades, said that an innovative experiment, conducted at the University of Washington’s Behavioral Alcohol Research, or BAR, Laboratory, showed that it’s actually not true that drinking boosts your interactions *상호작용.
“Alcohol does a lot of things: the reaction time impact, the motor coordination *조정 impact, the impact on judgment — these are all legitimate *합법적인 pharmacological *약학적인 effects of alcohol,” he said.
“But the social or interpersonal things we get from drinking are so much more due to our mindset, our expectations, our beliefs, where we are and who we’re with, and so much less to do with the contents of the cup in our hand.”