I don't know much about the correlations the article mentions (for example, are raves really a good reason why pub attendance fell?) however, I think that a dis

I don't know much about the correlations the article mentions (for example, are raves really a good reason why pub attendance fell?) however, I think that a discussion of alcohol is incomplete if it doesn't mention addiction anywhere nor mention the fact that the majority of alcohol sales come from the top drinkers: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/25/think-you-drink-a-lot-this-chart-will-tell-you/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2014/09/25/th... So it's probably not the generation as a whole that has an abnormal relationship, but a small minority of the generation.