Solitary drinking during adolescence increases the risk for an alcohol use disorder later in life, researchers reported in Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
“Most young people who drink do it with others in social settings, but a substantial minority of young people are drinking alone. Solitary drinking is a unique and robust risk factor for future alcohol use disorder,” Kasey G. Creswell, PhD, assistant professor in the department of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University, said in a release accompanying the study.
Creswell and colleagues conducted a longitudinal study to examine