A University of Michigan School of Medicine study of animation
instructors has found that those who drink in moderation – no
more than 42 glasses a week and no more than six per day – have
a better overall quality of life than those that don’t drink any
alcoholic beverages at all. Researchers studied 500 teachers in
the U.S. and Canada teaching at the secondary, post secondary or
vocational level, for a period of two years. After factoring out
all the Canadian instructors due to their excessive drinking and
incessant rambling about waiting for a call from Nelvana, the
study’s authors found that regular, moderate drinkers
consistently scored the highest in all quality of life index
categories. The study’s quality of life index included lifestyle
factors such as cognition, verbal communication skills, feelings
of artistic and professional inferiority, years needed to learn
ZBrush, and ability to watch hours of animated student shorts
without the subject harming themselves or others. According to
Dr. Leland Goua