This is antidotal, but I’m not at all surprised with a relation between income and drinking and potentially even years in college and drinking. My father was a

This is antidotal, but I’m not at all surprised with a relation between income and drinking and potentially even years in college and drinking. My father was a “functional alcoholic” who was in the college scene for a long time since he played football and later obtained a doctorate degree. I believe that his long exposure to the college party scene negatively impacted his behaviors. My dad was great, despite drinking heavily on nights and weekends. He was successful and wasn’t a bad parent. However, his lifestyle finally caught up with him. He passed away in 2021 from complications from pancreatic cancer at the age of 69. My one regret is that I always felt uncomfortable bringing up his drinking as a topic with him. I wish I would have, but I’m not certain it would have changed anything.