Alcohol

Why is Gen Z drinking less? – The Hill

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Why is Gen Z drinking less? – The Hill

Gen Zers are drinking less than young people in past generations: about 20 percent less alcohol per capita than millennials did at their age, according to a report from Berenberg Research.

And many are forgoing booze entirely. The share of college-age adults abstaining from alcohol has grown from 20 to 28 percent over the last two decades, a University of Michigan study found.

The shift away from alcohol stems in part from a heightened awareness of the risks that come with drinking, from poor decisionmaking to addiction to negative health impacts.

Young people “are actually learning that alcohol is toxic to humans,” said Charles Smith, an addiction specialist at the American Addiction Centers Recovery First Treatment Center in Hollywood, Fla.

Why I don’t drink much alcohol anymore 🍻

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Why I don’t drink much alcohol anymore 🍻

When I was younger, getting drunk was kind of fun, especially with friends. But as I push 40, hang overs are no fun, they are downright awful. And it doesn’t take much for me to get drunk as I rarely consume alcohol anymore.

Simply said, alcohol is expensive. It’s unhealthy, as drinking has a ton of empty calories and causes cancer. It destroys your liver and your body. You have to return the aluminum cans to the store. And honestly, I’d rather remember life rather than spending evenings in a haze, slurring my speech. Plus with all those drunk driving laws, who wants to drive after a night of drinking? 

Goats and Soda : NPR

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Cancer Risks Increase With Alcohol Use, Leading To Over 740,000 Cases Last Year : Goats and Soda : NPR

"Fewer than one in three Americans recognize alcohol as a cause of cancer," says Harriet Rumgay, researcher at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the specialized cancer agency of the World Health Organization. "That's similar in other high-income countries, and it's probably even lower in other parts of the world."

A new study shows just how much of a risk drinking can be. At least 4% of the world's newly diagnosed cases of esophageal, mouth, larynx, colon, rectum, liver and breast cancers in 2020, or 741,300 people, can be attributed to drinking alcohol, according to a study in the July 13 edition of Lancet Oncology. Men accounted for three-quarters of alcohol-related cancers. Of the 172,600 alcohol-related cancer cases diagnosed in women, the vast majority, or 98,300 cases, were breast cancer.