Americans started drinking more during the pandemic, and a new study shows that lasted for years

I finally managed to cut back and this latest catastrophe has me eyeing the bottle again.

drinking and smoking for me. I ditched the booze early this year because it was worsening my health and mentality. unfortunately literally everyone I know is a heavy drinker and I live in a small town with nothing to do but go to the bar. it's rough out here man. getting sober nuked my social life but at least I don't have to deal with hangovers anymore.

Nah, I'm just skewing the average.

They cannot do anything else so might as well.

That's definitely how alcoholism tends to manifest.