Other characteristics of these groups are presented in Table 3B. Not surprisingly, lifetime alcohol users who remained stably unaffected reported the least involvement with alcohol (only 74% drank in the past 12 months), with fewer alcoholic drinks (consumed, on average 2 drinks/day) and a lower drinking frequency (0.7% drinking twice a day) while those who remained stably affected reported an average of 5 drinks/day consumed in the past 12 months. Over half of those stably affected reported weekly “risky” drinking (4+ drinks in women/5+ drinks in men), tended to report a family history of alcohol problems (43.5%) and to meet lifetime criteria for other psychiatric and substance use disorders (mean disorders1.3).
