Have you ever seen a study like that break down the abstainer group by their reasons for abstaining?
I wonder if we’d see different health outcomes corresponding to different rationales. I’d expect to see at least some difference between “I’ve seen it cause severe problems for an immediate family member” vs “religious or spiritual beliefs tell me not to” vs “I don’t have the financial or social opportunity to” and so forth.
n=1: “because I highly value my brain as it is, and alcohol (and other drugs) seem to mess with the brain in ways that are presumably bad” (this opinion came from middle school), and, later, “because I have two uncles who’ve struggled with alcoholism”. Also, some people have assumed I’m a Mormon (I’m an atheist).
Have you ever seen a study like that break down the abstainer group by their reasons for abstaining?
I wonder if we’d see different health outcomes corresponding to different rationales. I’d expect to see at least some difference between “I’ve seen it cause severe problems for an immediate family member” vs “religious or spiritual beliefs tell me not to” vs “I don’t have the financial or social opportunity to” and so forth.
n=1: “because I highly value my brain as it is, and alcohol (and other drugs) seem to mess with the brain in ways that are presumably bad” (this opinion came from middle school), and, later, “because I have two uncles who’ve struggled with alcoholism”. Also, some people have assumed I’m a Mormon (I’m an atheist).