Post by KenNiemann on Feb 24, 2009 1:50:36 GMT -5
According to a study from a research group in California, recovering alcoholics who stay on the wagon can recover nearly all of their pre-alcoholic mental capabilities, given enough time.1 The study compared alcoholics who had been abstinent for an average of seven years with nondrinkers. Tests of cognitive abilities between the two groups showed little difference. All of the recovering alcoholics in this study had stopped drinking before the age of 50. Another study now underway is looking at older recovering alcoholics who reformed later in life.
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, September 2006.
Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, September 2006.