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Read an article a bit ago. Take away: Millennials drink the most but largely kicked the nicotine thing. Gen Z have brought back nicotine in a big way, even causing a resurgence in chewing tobacco. Its all just homosapiens coping, so I say pick your poison and keep doing your best.

That's something I applaud the younger generations for. I'm just hoping that it's not due to not socializing in person.

Laughs in British.

By the time Americans are trying alcohol for the first time, some of us are straight up alcoholics and have been trying to quit for several years.

Older Millennial here, they are right, too bad people my age didn't get the memo. Never understood, even back in school, why getting plastered is celebrated.

I'm honestly so concerned by the amount of energy drinks zoomers drink, plus the vaping. They're less into downers, but fuck me they love those stimulants.

The piper is coming. No I'm not defending alcohol, but the level of drug addiction among our young people is shocking. The amount of digital addiction is shocking. I work in youth crisis so I am not talking on my ass, most young people are addicts now. So it's all fun to talk down about boomers who drank but holy fuck is this generation ever screwed.

You know what else we also didn't poison ourselves with at anywhere NEARLY as high a level as boomers did? Lead.

Sadly, found out my niece has been getting blacked out drunk in college repeatedly. In one of the videos she showed me, she probably consumed more alcohol in a 5-second clip than I have in 2 years. Just a bottle of Tito's, and she just chugged it.

The main reason I've decided to abstain from alcohol is because I've seen first-hand what alcoholism does to a person. I've don't want to end like my dad.

Yeah. I’m not a Boomer I’m GenX, but as I get older I come to realize - poisoning myself with alcohol is becoming more & more appealing. Life sucks.

We found better poisons.

Love a pint, personally. Drinking with friends trumps most other activities. Currently on my way to see The Prodigy with some old friends I'm meeting in Edinburgh. Looking forward to the pubs and merry laughs as much as the gig, in fact more so.

Thing is- it's the boomers that pushed things like the 21 to drink laws and the absurdly strict enforcement of them (like sending a parent to jail if their kid has a party).

You guys spent a few decades decrying teenage drinking, making it hard for teens to drink. And now you all are shocked when kids do something else.

Don't forget- nicotine is 18+ not 21+. So chances are every high schooler has a friend or a sibling that can get them vapes.
Vapes are small. Many don't look like anything in particular to someone who doesn't know what they are. And they are easy to hide, easy to conceal, easy to transport, AND easy to use throughout the day.
So for a substance for kids to get into, it's got a lot of advantages over alcohol.

Plus which vaping is much more common to do alone. Kids are spending far less time on in-person social interactions now (probably because boomers flipped out over stranger danger).

I stopped drinking against my will, and every day I open the news I wish to god I could pick it back up.

Millennial here, been drinking heavy for 20+ years. Young generation missing out. But at the same time I respect the decision

Not sure if boomers includes late forties but I quit drinking 4 or 5 years ago & went vegetarian.

Best decisions of my life after marriage & having kids.

Ehm. Cigarettes, alcohol, cocaine, ketamine, speed, xtc, ghb, lsd, etc. Just alcohol is for noobs.

Vaping isn’t a great alternative. Pick your poison. Fapping on the other hand… don’t sleep on edible cannabis either