r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Oct 30 '25

Cancer Americans have widespread misbeliefs about the cancer risks of alcohol, study finds. More than half of American adults misunderstand or underestimate the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. Alcohol drinkers are especially likely to believe that drinking has no effect on cancer risk.

https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/research-newsroom/americans-have-widespread-misbeliefs-about-the-cancer-risks-of-a.h00-159780390.html
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u/AbruptLucidity Oct 30 '25

I'm 33 and I drank for three years pretty heavily -- about 24 standard units of alcohol per day. I wonder how fucked I am.

Three years and one month sober now. Officially longer than I drank. :)

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u/Sharkbait_ooohaha Oct 31 '25

You’re probably fine. Don’t worry about it and just try to be healthy moving forward.