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Solo drinking surge among young adults, especially women: A red flag for public health (news.umich.edu)
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[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 1 week ago

“Roughly 4 in 10 young adults who drink alcohol report drinking alone at least once in the past year,” said lead author Kasey Creswell, associate professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon.

Only 4 in 10? 6 in 10 young adults who drink alcohol never have a beer or glass of wine on a cozy evening in? I would have expected it to be the other way around.

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Yeah, sometimes I just want to savor some bourbon with tv. When I'm socializing I feel like a douche for swishing my sip and sniffing my glass. Which to be fair is pretty douchey but it brings out the subtleties

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