Why Older Americans Are Drinking More Alcohol—Not Less A recent study has revealed a surprising trend in America's drinking habits: younger adults are trading in their cocktails for sobriety, while older Americans are increasingly reaching for the bottle.
This shift in behavior has significant implications for our understanding of what it means to be sober – and drunk – in the 21st century.
The study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found that Gen Z and Millennials are driving a nationwide decline in drinking rates.