Research shows that the more successful you are, the more you drink, and that men drink almost twice as much as women.
Although more rich people drink, they generally drink in moderation. Recent evidence shows that typical rich drinkers consume 2-3.5 drinks per day (3). This moderate level of alcohol consumption is exactly the amount that is associated with health benefits in terms of reduced risk of heart disease.
Another possibility is that the relationship runs the other way: Successful people drink more because they are under more pressure than others. Drinkers are not only richer than abstainers, they tend to be happier, too.
Chief executives of big companies and public sector organisations are coping with their stressful positions by drinking the equivalent of almost three bottles of wine a week, new research shows. Men holding the highest positions drink an average of almost 23 units a week – more than 11 medium (175ml) glasses of wine.
Famously, wealthy people drink more frequently than their less wealthy peers. Less famously, they aren't drinking less overall — they simply drink moderately, or only on occasion, while less wealthy people tend to binge-drink and use alcohol as a crutch or coping mechanism.
Moderate drinkers and nondrinkers report similar rates of sadness, but both groups are slightly less likely than heavy drinkers to experience sadness. Still, while heavy drinkers and nondrinkers report similar levels of positive emotions, heavy drinkers report experiencing more negative emotions than nondrinkers.
From this, he does not like the taste of particular alcohol and even the harmful effects of alcohol that everybody usually gets after drinking. He has also added that recently he has been quite fond of red wine varieties. However, Elon Musk, the world's second richest person, is not that much a booze guy.
People with high IQ are generally healthier, but they have one or two bad habits. Study reveals if alcoholism is one of them? People with high IQs drink more alcohol, although they are unlikely to be heavy drinkers, research finds.
The Cook Islands - a collection of islands in the South Pacific- topped the list, with the average person consuming about 13 liters of pure alcohol per year- that's more than 100 glasses of wine.
Russia and Australia have the highest prevalence of alcoholism dependence overall, with 2.61 per cent and 2.58 per cent, respectively. According to the World Health Organization, US has the lowest rate of alcohol dependence with only 1.93 per cent.
While heavier drinkers rated their health better, experts warned of a 'double-edged habit' as they ate more fast food and smoked more. Those partial to a drink were also half as likely to suffer 'physical limitations' in their daily lives than those who weren't — 15 per cent compared to 30 per cent.
Alcohol or Drug Use at Work
In a national survey, 15% of employed Americans said they work under the influence of alcohol and that their drinking impairs their work. In another survey, 63% of employees admitted that it was easy to bring booze to work, drink during the workday, or get alcohol at work.
A number of theorists assume that drinking has harmful economic effects, but data show that drinking and earnings are positively correlated. We hypothesize that drinking leads to higher earnings by increasing social capital. If drinkers have larger social networks, their earnings should increase.
Approximately 23 percent of men engage in binge-drinking at least five times per month, with an average of eight drinks per binge. Men are approximately two times more likely to binge drink than women. About 4.5 percent of all men meet the diagnostic criteria for alcohol dependence.
But those who weigh less are more affected by the same amount of alcohol. A larger body mass index and a higher volume of plasma in the body contribute to the ability of larger people to consume more, many experts said.
The 2021 Global Drugs Survey, which accepts submissions via an anonymous online survey, found that Australians got drunk 26.7 times a year, far higher than the second-ranking country, Denmark, on 23.8 times. The global average for getting drunk was 14.6 times per year.
Not everyone who drinks develops a drinking problem. And not everyone who develops a drinking problem is an alcoholic. In fact, there are plenty of healthy adults who drink every day without ever developing an addiction to alcohol.
The top 10 countries that consume the least alcohol across the WHO European Region are Tajikistan (0.9 litres), Azerbaijan (1.0), Turkey (1.8), Uzbekistan (2.6), Turkmenistan (3.1), Israel (4.4), Armenia (4.7), Kazakhstan (5.0), Albania (6.8), and North Macedonia (6.4).
“People higher in general intelligence tend to drink more because they're not bothered by the strangeness of the alcohol experience,” said the evolutionary psychologist and professor at the University of Victoria.
Emotional intelligence is the “something” in each of us that is a bit intangible. It affects how we manage behaviour, navigate social complexities, and make personal decisions to achieve positive results. However, if we are living in a sea of alcohol, we sabotage our emotions and they remain static.
However, intelligence has drawbacks too. For example, studies have found that higher IQ is associated with more and earlier drug use. Studies have also found that higher IQ is associated with more mental illness, including depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder.
The survey reported that 62% of CEOs and senior leaders choose not to drink alcohol at company happy hours — they opt for soda (23%), water (19%), coffee (13%), or nothing at all (7%).
Elon's IQ is estimated to be around 155, while Albert Einstein's is 160. With such a slight margin, Musk is undoubtedly an incredibly smart person. Who is the smartest person on earth in 2022? Born in 1975 in Adelaide, Australia is a mathematician, Terence Tao with an IQ score of 230.
Yes, Elon Musk has admitted to having Asperger's, a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Many people have speculated that he may be on the autism spectrum based on his behavior and communication style.
And the meta-analysis published in JAMA Network Open that involved 107 studies with more than 4.8 million participants also found no longevity benefit for drinkers. This research showed that people who have one or two drinks a day have essentially the same risk of dying prematurely as people who've never had alcohol.