Limitations. The limitations of this study include a reliance on self-reported changes in drunkenness frequency, which are particularly relevant given the documented relationship between alcohol misuse and memory impairments [66]. Further, there is potential for a lack of generalizability of our study’s findings, particularly with respect to age, given that the mean age of the analytic sample was ~51 years old, and individuals who had remitted from AUD were older (remitted AUD, drinking group ~56 years old; remitted AUD, not-drinking group ~64 years old) than individuals with no past AUD (~50 years old) or with current symptoms of AUD (~49 years old). Future work should include more detailed subgroup analyses, including the identification of key stressors and healthy coping activities as a function of age and developmental stage, timing of lockdowns, seasonality, pandemic duration, and ethnicity. The CRISIS and ABCD questionnaires were initially selected to assess COVID-19-related stressors, coping and substance use. Among these questionnaire items, there were two items focused on alcohol use (changes in drinking frequency, changes in drunkenness frequency). We focused on changes in the frequency of
