It sounds incredible. Not drinking alcohol might mean you’re more likely to experience depression. (If you’re a teen reading this, don’t even think of using this as an excuse, please!)
The study by researchers in Norway is published in Addiction. You can read the report and abstract online. For the study, researchers analyzed data on drinking habits and mental health reported by 38,000 people.

Researchers concluded that the risk of depression is elevated in individuals with low alcohol consumption compared to those with moderate consumption. Self-reported abstainers were shown to be at particularly increased risk of depression.
The increased risk of depression is …read more