Under 25s turning backs on alcohol?

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In everything. Told what to think, what to watch, what to listen to, what to do and how to do it. We're going to see some epic mid-life crisis stuff when we're pensioners and they realise their entire lives haven't been their own. Every generation has its Punk moment, it doesn't look likely for this lot, the poor buggers.
I think it takes far more balls and will power to not drink. Although it sounds like it’s becoming easier/more acceptable not to, I still admire them to a certain extent. I wish I had been/was able to do it at times.
 


Maybe the price has something to do with it.

It does indeed.
That and strength of it.

Your Mams and Dads - or even some of you - can probably remember pints for about a quid or under. Hell, even when I was at Uni on a Wednesday you'd get "Snakey B" for 99p.
No chance of that happening now.

Apparently with the rise in social media people don't want pictures of them plastered, plastered all over Faceberk and "Insta" so they're not drinking as much
Makes sense I suppose but why the hell people need to constantly take pictures when they're on a night out is a mystery to me.
Enjoy your night David f***ing Bailey and put the camera away
 
Find that odd actually.
These days you can drink for nigh on 24 hours in pubs if you wanted so the availability is there.
In our teens /20’s you had to go clubbing to get a drink past 11pm
 
Indeed it is, i feel much better these days without it, than i did towards the end my time on the lash, i don't miss the hang overs or the other stuff that comes with it, and i certainly don't miss having to cue up behind some pissed bloke and his wife having a row in the middle of a club. when trying to get served.
I still love a blow out and like the idea of going out and getting hammered but the reality is nowhere near as good. I literally cant bare the hangovers these days and it leaves me feeling horrific for about three days, easier not to drink, not that i really followed by own advice like :lol:
 
Hmm, weird one. I’m not under 25 but very close to that age bracket. All of my friends of a similar age do like to drink to greater or lesser extents. Maybe if I knew more people in their teens/very early 20s that picture would change.

That said, even when I was much younger I never liked the whole nightclub thing. Can’t hear anyone speak and you’re out until the early hours which is what really makes you feel like shit the next day. Nice long daytime session in a few pubs for me.
I keep forgetting you aren't 50 odd like mate.
 
Under-25s 'turning their backs on booze'

Nearly 30% of young people in England do not drink, study finds

The main reasons may be health messages getting through especially at school.

However, I think other forms of entertainment may be playing a part.

Someone I know asked his younger employees how they spent a weekend. Rather than go for a few beers, they'd go round to each other's houses to play games and perhaps a couple of times a month go to a club. Beer wasn't the main thing for them.

I get the impression the times I have been out in recent years that there seems to be very slightly fewer young men out though I still see plenty younger lasses.

Or are people telling porkies in these surveys (less likely)?
They haven't found the need to dull the pain of a sad life yet :lol:
 
Tucked up in bed with my dressing gown and ovaltine by 11 :lol:

Dunno, never really get that excited about a ‘night out’ but if I know I’ve got a little daytime pub crawl planned on a Saturday it’s like Christmas Eve on a Friday night.
Also fond of the old cardigan aswell iirc.
 
I still love a session. Don't get out as much as I used to mind with having a kid but accept that's part and parcel of being a dad. Can't beat a piss up with your mates though, some of the best/funniest times in my life.
 
I still love a session. Don't get out as much as I used to mind with having a kid but accept that's part and parcel of being a dad. Can't beat a piss up with your mates though, some of the best/funniest times in my life.

I think that's a generational thing as well. When I was a youngun me fatha and his mates were always out at the club every Sunday, it was a blokes day.

That all changed with pub being open 20 hours a day 7 days a week like.
 

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