The only thing wrong with doing nothing is that you never know when you’re finished. ~Author Unknown
Chronic alcohol consumption blunts the biological clock’s ability to synchronize daily activities to light, disrupts natural activity patterns and continues to affect the body’s circadian rhythm, even days after the drinking ends.
The study describes the changes that drinking can produce in the body’s master clock and how it affects a person’s behavior. The research provides a way to study alcoholism using an animal model. The study was conducted using hamsters.