“I used to drink heavily every weekend until my 30s – did all that partying ruin my brain health?”

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“I used to drink heavily every weekend until my 30s – did all that partying ruin my brain health?”

By Alex Sims

7 days ago

8 min read

Cast your mind back to your university days. Triples-for-singles. Snakebites. Pre-drinks. For millennials and Gen X, drinking was an almost competitive sport. Now in our 30s and 40s, however, what impact did all that boozing have on our brain health? And might it still be having an effect all this time later, even if we’ve massively cut down? Former hedonist Alex Sims has been finding out.


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