[cutthegrass2]

> Though the youngsters coming up now drink way less than I did at 18 in 1998

I've noticed this too (also British). I'm very close in age to you and remember the news stories regarding University drinking challenges and deaths in the late 90's.

I'm almost teetotal these days too, partly because I have young kids but also because I just don't seem to have the taste for it that I once had.

Also, I'm a little concerned about the potential longer term (yet to be discovered) health implications regarding the level of drinking our generation did at the time.