I sure could use a drink right now. Why’s that, you ask? I can tell you one thing, it’s not my fault, it’s yours.
According to a new study, people are heavily influenced by their friends’ amount of drinking. In a recent study, people were about 50% more likely to be “heavy” drinkers if their friends were, 36% more likely if their friends knew someone who was heavy drinker. The same effect was found when people, for some reason, chose to drink less or quit drinking altogether.
It should be noted that “heavy” drinkers in this study were men who drank more than two drinks a day, and women more than one. How lame is that?
The question remains now: are you the inspiration for others to drink, or just following the crowd?