Four hundred and twenty-two individuals with ALC and 97 controls were recruited from the greater Albuquerque metropolitan region through advertisements in local print, online media, and radio advertisements. Subjects were paid $120 for participation in both the questionnaire and neuroimaging sessions. ALC participants had to report binge drinking (5 or more drinks per drinking occasion for men, 4 or more for women) at least 5 times in the past month with exclusionary criteria of previous brain injury or loss of consciousness for more than 5 minutes, a history of severe alcohol withdrawal, or a positive pregnancy test. Additional exclusionary criteria for the HC subjects included a history of neurological disorder, mental retardation, lifetime history of dependence or use within the last 12 months of PCP, amphetamines or cocaine, current or past psychiatric disorder (with the exception of one lifetime depressive episode), antidepressant use within the last six months and lifetime antidepressant use of more than one year. Subjects were required to stop drinking 24 hours prior and pass a breathalyzer prior to participation. Individuals with excessive motion (>2 mm translational
