Alcoholism Reaching All-Time Lows in Declining American Empire

Lyudmila Pavlyuchenkova | Pravda North America

Once 2/3 of the population, alcoholics now make up a mere simple majority of the US population. This supposed tragedy for the alcohol industry comes not off the back of an effective public health initiative, but instead due to the immiseration of the American youth.

As older Americans die off due to age, younger Americans simply cannot afford to take their place in the economy of self-harm.

"Literally half of my local grocery store is filled with overpriced alcoholic versions of drinks primarily marketed to children. Every other end cap is spiked energy drinks, hard lemonade, twisted iced tea. Alcoholic Capri Sun and whatever Hard Kombucha is. Man, I can't even afford Keystone Light," said local man Haywood Jablome.

5 months 18 days sober

I'm keeping the numbers up all on my own mothafuckas

Atomization and immiseration are more effective than any temperance movement.

Kids today would rather vape and smoke the devil's lettuce. Shame.

honestly there's just better buzzes out there with less side effects, especially for social fun

• cannabis (not quite the same, but great social lubricant if everyone starts sober and gets high together)

• kratom (more medical utility but can be fun for outdoor adventures in groups. starts as a stim and ends with some sleepiness, so plan properly) (DISCLAIMER: not recommended for experimentation but has current and historical uses as an alcohol alternative) for more info check out layla's guide

• kava (basically IRL synthahol from star trek. dials right in to the 1-2 drink buzz with no risk of further. downside is reverse tolerance and doesn't work for everyone)

• some kind of GABA-B substance (more risky since most are research chems (F-phenibut comes to mind), often very long lasting, but all the inhibition of alcohol without being drunk and hard to black out on unlike GHB agonists).

(all have a risk of addiction as any substance but comedowns/withdrawals are significantly less then alcohol, as well as not being potentially lethal. also OD risk is either physically impossible or extremely difficult)

Glad I'm not wasting my life on that shit anymore. I've been addicted to many things, and alcohol would make me waste away worse than fentanyl. I'd just grab a fifth (or two or three) and just drink until I passed out. And I'd get so depressed when I drank, it wasn't even fun, I'd get drunk and instantly want to kill myself and often times start hurting myself in some way. I'd go days without eating because I was too drunk to remember I was hungry, and constantly nauseous from consuming nothing but vodka. I didn't remember anything I ever did, I'd just forget absolutely everything.

Honestly a very good thing, heavy alcohol consumption is a terrible social ill

High alcohol consumption is a recession indicator, so this must be good for the economy.

My alcohol consumption is way down from 10-15 years ago. Beer occasionally, hard liquor and wine is at this point a special event thing. Doesn’t help that, being a taller/larger person, it takes a shit ton of liquor to get me buzzed and I ended up feeling shitty before I’m intoxicated.

Colon cancer runs in my family, no thank you lol.

If we could just fast-track green lounges that would be great, thanks.

Yeah I've been cutting back a bit lately so that tracks

I’m part of that statistic and proud of it.

more good news

:sicko-straight-edge:

idk how anyone gets shit done drinking more often than weekends and parties. I get too eepy the next day

Congratulations to everyone who almost/quit harmful substances. It's definitely not easy at first, but does get easier. I'm proud of us!

I wonder if the pandemic has anything to do with it? People simply getting out of the habit of social drinking.