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  "path": "/drinking-alcohol-to-cope-in-your-20s-could-damage-your-brain-for-life/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T22:41:09.000Z",
  "site": "https://scitechdaily.com",
  "tags": [
    "Health",
    "Alcohol",
    "Brain",
    "Cognitive Science",
    "Mental Health",
    "Neuroscience",
    "Stress",
    "University of Massachusetts Amherst"
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  "textContent": "Stress-driven drinking early in life can cause long-term brain changes, reducing flexibility, increasing relapse risk, and contributing to cognitive decline through lasting damage to stress-regulation systems. Alcohol has long been used as a way to cope with stress, but new research suggests this habit may have lasting consequences. A study from the University of Massachusetts [...]",
  "title": "Drinking Alcohol To Cope in Your 20s Could Damage Your Brain for Life"
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