Psychology: Good mood leads to more alcohol consumption – knowledge

Alcohol is considered an intoxicating drug with which drinkers want to forget their problems. A study shows how our mood affects our drinking behavior – and comes to a surprising conclusion.

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Sebastian Herrmann

The end of the working day is approaching and with it the (perceived) permission to opt out of the continuous thunder of the pandemic information storm for at least a few hours. omicron? BA.2? Booster? incidence? I don’t care, now it’s time to celebrate life at least a little bit and forget all that crap for a moment. Maybe a glass of red wine would be nice now? Or a beer? Or would you prefer no alcohol at all? That should remain unanswered, because what this is about instead: the question of what mood people tend to drink alcohol in. When they are in a bad mood or when they are happy and content anyway? Looking for oblivion or celebrating life?

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