{"id":1903,"date":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/21\/pensioners-should-booze-moderately-to-avoid-depression\/"},"modified":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:42:09","slug":"pensioners-should-booze-moderately-to-avoid-depression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/pensioners-should-booze-moderately-to-avoid-depression\/","title":{"rendered":"Pensioners should booze &#039;moderately&#039; to avoid depression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-01-21 14:19:18<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Pensioners can dodge depression by being &#8220;moderately&#8221; drunk in retirement.<BR><br \/>\nExperts think that drinking between one and four glasses of booze per day can fend off the blues but warn against consuming any more.<BR><br \/>\nThe authors of the &#8216;Ageing and Mental Health&#8217; peer-review journal think this is due to &#8220;alcohol\u2019s ability to lift mood through socialisation&#8221;.<BR><br \/>\nHowever, the team have advised against getting tipsy to adjust to retirement and it is &#8220;vital&#8221; those people seek support to avoid becoming heavy drinkers.<BR><br \/>\nDr. Christina Sellers, associate professor of Social Work at Simmons University in the US, said: &#8220;Providing alternative coping mechanisms to heavy alcohol consumption for retirees is crucial.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Addressing the combination of depressive symptoms and alcohol use among older adults is crucial too, especially considering their increased vulnerability to the negative effects of alcohol and underlying health conditions.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nDr. Antonia Diaz-Valdes, of Universidad Mayor in Chile, added: &#8220;Drinking alcohol increases the risk of falls and other injuries and can lead to dependency \u2013 and the poor health that typically comes with it.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xgs2h.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-01-21 14:19:18 Pensioners can dodge depression by being &#8220;moderately&#8221; drunk in retirement. Experts think that drinking between one and four glasses of booze per day can fend off the blues&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1904,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903\/revisions\/1904"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}