If I drank the same way I did in my youth there's no way I would have made it this far. Lots of moderation for some years now. I certainly don't need it as once in a while I forget to have a drink and can, under rare circumstances go several days without a drink or thinking about it. Kinda reassuring.
Heard an interesting story on the radio yesterday while on a long drive. Generation Z has the lowest alcohol consumption rate of any generation since they've been tracking this kind of thing. My son is Gen Z, it's mid 1990s to about 2010 (they measure them faster these days don't they?). The first generation where cell phones have been ubiquitous and they've never known life without them.
They believe the reason these kids don't drink is that drinking is largely a social phenomenon and as these kids don't physically socialize much, relying on electronic media as a social outlet, the booze part has no place in their socialization. Not altogether bad but kinda tragic at the same time. The other reason is they smoke pot and that's considered a substitute as well as something more prone to happen when alone. Some expert's opinion based on polling.
Bryan
Heard an interesting story on the radio yesterday while on a long drive. Generation Z has the lowest alcohol consumption rate of any generation since they've been tracking this kind of thing. My son is Gen Z, it's mid 1990s to about 2010 (they measure them faster these days don't they?). The first generation where cell phones have been ubiquitous and they've never known life without them.
They believe the reason these kids don't drink is that drinking is largely a social phenomenon and as these kids don't physically socialize much, relying on electronic media as a social outlet, the booze part has no place in their socialization. Not altogether bad but kinda tragic at the same time. The other reason is they smoke pot and that's considered a substitute as well as something more prone to happen when alone. Some expert's opinion based on polling.
Bryan
