thats why Alochol industry is so afraid of WEED and GLP-1, especially the glp-1 like ozempic and semiglutide.
Im an Xer who rarely drinks in adult life but I can say that I have been wanting to drink more since about 2016 and much more since 2024.
MDMA has always been better value. Now even more so.
I virtually quit drinking in 2018. Went six years with out a drink of any alcohol. Lately I drink a few in social situations but not very often.
They're at that age range where their house should be paid off by now, allowing them to have a few beers at a restaurant without maxing out their credit card.
Hah, not this genx. 51 on dialysis for kidney failutre (fuck fascism) so I took my habit of hardly drinking down to no drinking.
Oof gl fellow lemming gl.
Nobody is lining up for the $14 six pack at the grocery store. I'm not exaggerating, I've even cut back simply because I can't justify the cost. I'm not paying a %50 increase for the same beer I bought six years ago.
I switched to hard liquor, much cheaper
I partially did. A bottle of cheap swill costs as much as a beer at a restaurant or pub.
Yep, I fully agree
$14 six pack is a bargain here. Most 4 packs are $25 in Australia. Steak night at the pub is strange as your beer costs more than your steak.
It's not. In comparison it's about the same. The local minimum wage here is about $15, and federal is an astounding $7.25 where as yours is around $25. I'm just using the figures to say either way you have to work for at least an hour to get beer. A four pack of ~~nice~~ actual beer is $20-25 or more if you like the higher end stuff like the 120 minute IPA it's $40 for a four pack. I just drink trash now.
excuse me, what the fuck
Isn’t meat production heavily subsidized by the government because corruption?
Not mentioned in the article: 20- and 30-somethings are broke, and a night out is crazy expensive now. Plus legal weed is waaaay cheaper than alcohol.
This was my argument for a long time. For 25 I get 12 that'll last me a night IF I don't share. 25 of weed will get you 3 days if you just smoke j. Plus the whole not becoming a degen that makes bad choices is a plus.
not sure about that last part
plus weed psychosis is real
ehhh if you're a PBR enjoyer $12 for a 12-pack is hard to beat. I like my weed, but it ain't $12 cheap yet here
Bummer to hear. $20 a quarter oz here lasts me longer than two twelve packs, so a little more affordable. It's definitely not topshelf weed, but PBR isn't primo either. I'm in cali though where the weed market has collapsed due to oversaturation and over regulation.
Yeah, I only go out on occasions.
Uh…. I guess I’m in the minority. 39 and drinking a box of wine (4 bottles) in a weekend with my partner and their other drinks may be involved + a gummy.
Effect meet cause.
I swear to god both of my non-drinking kids make me want to drink more.
As a millennial I'm tired and I think many millennials and younger GenXers feel the same. We've had to live what seems like multiple generations within our lifetime. We went from like 3 channel tv to cable tv to satellite tv to streaming tv. we went from dial up phones to cell phones to smart phones. we went from having no computer, to a computer, to a laptop, tablet, and screens on everything. we went from no internet to dial up to cable to wifi. We went from being told that we need to learn this and that in school or we won't get a job. that we needed to learn all this maths cause we'll never have a calculator in our pocket to carry around. having to write cursive cause thats how we'll always write in the future. that we MUST go to college in order to get a job to suddenly it no longer matters and we're in debt up to our eyeballs.
We had to teach our parents all this crap and now we also have to teach the younger generations the same stuff too.
We went from everyone we know having a house by the time they were our age to now we have to keep paying rent or live with roommates.
We're tired, let us have a drink.
Yeah, I would not have damaged my body irreparably by sitting and studying through 3 STEM degrees had I known that job security would never come. I should have just worked at gas stations so at least I know jobs were always there, even if the cash was shit. My job pays well, but not worth being told it will be over soon every 5 minutes. I'm over it. So tired.
I feel you man. Shit has been crazy fast and it’s still accelerating. What a fucking life we have.
This Gen X stopped drinking for good.
Same
The bars around me charge nearly $20 for a mid drink like vadka redbull or a rum and coke. Fuck the bars. Fuck everything they stand for.
I’m in my early 40s and with rising costs of everything I just can’t justify my monthly six-pack anymore. I wonder if they controlled for that?
Bro. Let me give the yung'uns some advice: Don't raw dog reality.
Maybe younger generations had less traumatic childhoods? As a millennial I drink pretty frequently and am generally high
From what seeing, the younger generation isn't sober but they don't drink. There is a lot of ketemine, nitrous and weed usage by gen z from the scene I'm around.
That makes sense. Alcohol is mid
My wife and I (Gen-X), stopped drinking altogether about two or three years ago. She identified that it was becoming a problem for her since the huge increase during COVID lockdown. I quit for moral support.
My cousin definitely ramped up since COVID, but even he has now cut down to one celebratory "survived the week" Friday night cocktail.
With all that said, my white gen-x friends are drinking like it's sophomore year greek week, every week. Except they can hold their liquor now. The amount of bottle in the recycling bin is absurd.
My boomer dad died of dementia a few years ago. I strongly believe that alcohol was a factor in rapidly advancing his disease. Dementia scares the shit out of me, so I have basically quit drinking. I'm okay having a drink with friends a few times a year, but effectively only on special occasions.
alcohol does cause dementia, how often did he drink?
My friend’s dad has wet brain from drinking. Seems similar to dementia.
alcohol does caused a version of dementia so im not surprised.
I’m going through this very thing right now. My dad is 67. In the late stage of dementia. Married an alcoholic and was with her for 10 years. I’d say for a good 6 or 7 of those he drank heavily. Dementia has kicked his ass. It’s so horrific and just last week we got news he’s showing rapid decline. Like overnight he just couldn’t stand or talk, medical tests ruled out a stroke, UTI etc etc. He’s bounced back a little but not much. I’m so mad. And sad.
I've been there. I'm so sorry for what you are going through. It is extremely difficult. I developed a set of rules for myself with my dad. I don't know if any of them will help you, but as I figured them out they helped me.
It's all hard on everyone.
I had a close family member die of alcoholism not long before COVID, so I know it's in my genes. I'd say it's more tempting now than before because of the incredible chaos at work, but I have kids so my life isn't about me anymore.
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