These were the conclusions of a study conducted by a group of academics in Germany, who were under consideration for 14 years a group of 149 adults with alcohol problems.
The data showed that their life expectancy was about 20 years shorter than the life expectancy of the general population.
Alcoholic persons have a significantly shorter life than the smokers, who have an average life of only a few years shorter than the national average life expectancy.
Another study provided surprising was that not sexes alike react to alcohol.
Alcoholic women have a death incidence 4.6 times higher than average, unlike men, their mortality is significantly lower.
"Clinical data suggest a greater number of people alcoholics, who die earlier than people of the same age. Although studies have deepened in this area, it appears that there is a difference on how each gender suffers alcoholism, "said Ulrich John, Professor of Medical University Greifsvaldit.
