"Notably, with older age of the study participants comes increased likelihood for drinkers to become former drinkers, which might exacerbate the “sick quitters”

"Notably, with older age of the study participants comes increased likelihood for drinkers to become former drinkers, which might exacerbate the “sick quitters” bias (i.e. when the non-drinking reference group also includes former drinkers who have stopped drinking due to poor health) as discussed above" Bunch of nonsense. People that stopped drinking because of poor health are in the study. The ones who felt better drank because they were up to it. Who funded this study?