I know this is a shitpost but I’ve noticed that since the covid lockdown, a lot of my Gen-X friends and colleagues have quit drinking. Not a majority, but enough for me to notice. The boomers I know never slowed down…at all. Has anyone else noticed a drop in alcohol consumption within your social circles?
I’ve seen the opposite, and when I got my physical my doctor definitely supported that everyone has been drinking a lot more than previous. I’d say my use ticked down during lockdown but up afterwards 🤷♂️
GenXer here. I started drinking due to social pressure almost 30 years ago. I basically completely stopped already before covid. My wife is the same.
On occasion one or two drinks when going out, but we don’t have anything at home.
My cousin (similar age) and her husband went completely dry.
I think it’s more of an awareness of the health risks (also huge “don’t drink and drive” campaigns when I was reaching drinking age), add to that if we’re honest it doesn’t really taste that good, enduring a hangover is nothing to look forward to and also (at least in my case) I am fed up with how our society still looks weird at people that just don’t want to drink. Screw everyone who asks two or three times if someone says they want a non-alcoholic beverage or, even worse, makes stupid jokes, mostly to feel better about their own addiction.
Sorry got a bit heated at the end. My son recently reached legal drinking age, does not want to drink and is being pressured by peers to start drinking. Luckily he is mentally strong enough to tell them to go suck a duck.
I know this is a shitpost but I’ve noticed that since the covid lockdown, a lot of my Gen-X friends and colleagues have quit drinking. Not a majority, but enough for me to notice. The boomers I know never slowed down…at all. Has anyone else noticed a drop in alcohol consumption within your social circles?
I’ve seen the opposite, and when I got my physical my doctor definitely supported that everyone has been drinking a lot more than previous. I’d say my use ticked down during lockdown but up afterwards 🤷♂️
I stopped drinking when covid hit. Turns out I was a social drinker, and I never got back on the wagon.
GenXer here. I started drinking due to social pressure almost 30 years ago. I basically completely stopped already before covid. My wife is the same. On occasion one or two drinks when going out, but we don’t have anything at home. My cousin (similar age) and her husband went completely dry.
I think it’s more of an awareness of the health risks (also huge “don’t drink and drive” campaigns when I was reaching drinking age), add to that if we’re honest it doesn’t really taste that good, enduring a hangover is nothing to look forward to and also (at least in my case) I am fed up with how our society still looks weird at people that just don’t want to drink. Screw everyone who asks two or three times if someone says they want a non-alcoholic beverage or, even worse, makes stupid jokes, mostly to feel better about their own addiction.
Sorry got a bit heated at the end. My son recently reached legal drinking age, does not want to drink and is being pressured by peers to start drinking. Luckily he is mentally strong enough to tell them to go suck a duck.
Now hang on a second there. We gotta get one thing straight!
…did the duck consent to being sucked?