{"id":5424,"date":"2016-07-21T21:50:40","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T03:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scramsystems.com\/blog\/?p=5424"},"modified":"2021-08-26T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T17:49:32","slug":"mean-drunk-new-research-confirms-real-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scramsystems.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/mean-drunk-new-research-confirms-real-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mean Drunk? New Research Confirms It\u2019s a Real&#160;Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know the types. There\u2019s the silly drunk. There\u2019s the crying drunk. And then there\u2019s the guy everyone tries to avoid: the angry, mean&#160;drunk.<\/p>\n<p>While people respond to alcohol in different ways, new research published in the peer-reviewed journal <em><a href=\"http:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00213-016-4371-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Psychopharmacology<\/a><\/em> shows that in heavy drinkers, alcohol can fuel feelings of aggression, making them \u201cmean\u201d&#160;drunks.<\/p>\n<h3>Drinking\u00a0linked to&#160;aggression<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/07\/20\/researchers-have-finally-found-out-why-youre-such-a-mean-drunk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Researchers in the Netherlands<\/a> dosed a group of heavy drinkers (defined as 21 to 50 drinks a week for men and 15 to 35 drinks a week for women) to a 0.08 BAC and asked them to complete a series of tests, including viewing pictures of aggressive and violent behavior and playing a competitive computer game. Participants were asked to score how aggressive they felt before drinking and the tests, and then again afterward. The same group repeated the test at a later time without being&#160;intoxicated.<\/p>\n<p>While the heavy drinkers reported some feelings of aggression after the tests while sober, those feelings were stronger after consuming alcohol. In addition, the researchers concluded that aggression was likely to further increase the more intoxicated a subject became. However, a similar link between aggression and moderate drinkers has not been&#160;found.<\/p>\n<h3>Violent crime and&#160;alcohol<\/h3>\n<p>The study confirms previous research linking chronic, heavy drinking to aggression, and this link is a real concern for public safety. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncadd.org\/about-addiction\/alcohol-drugs-and-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statistics show<\/a> that 40% of all violent crimes involve alcohol, and two-thirds of domestic violence victims report that their abuser had been drinking. This research may provide additional insights into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scramsystems.com\/products\/alcohol-monitoring\/options-in-alcohol-monitoring\/\">managing hardcore drinkers<\/a> in the criminal justice&#160;system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know the types. There\u2019s the silly drunk. There\u2019s the crying drunk. And then there\u2019s the guy everyone tries to avoid: the angry, mean&#160;drunk. 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