Senior citizens who binge drink are at a greater risk of developing dementia, according to a new study by the University of Exeter in the U.K..  Other symptoms are said to include slurred speech, vomiting and the inability to walk a straight line.

In all seriousness, the study “analyzed data from 5,075 people aged 65 and older who were part of the Health and Retirement Study, a longitudinal study that tracked a nationally representative group of U.S. adults over eight years,” according to the Toronto Sun.  Of those studied, 8.3% of men and 1.5% of women admitted to having four or more drinks in one sitting at least once a month.  Getting shitfaced: It’s not just for college kids anymore!

In a release, Dr. Iain Lang, the lead author of the study, stated “Policy-makers and public-health specialists should know that binge drinking is not just a problem among adolescents and younger adults. We have to start thinking about older people when we are planning interventions to reduce binge drinking.”  In other words, time to put down that bottle, grandpa…