Alcoholism

The rate of alcoholism in Australia is getting worse. Given the age of many of the people involved (young) this will be a damaging and costly problem for many decades.

Too much alcohol?

I think so.

This would be less worrying if Australians as a society found ways to socialize where alcohol wasn't a part of it.

I drink alcohol but whenever I read articles like this I think about switching to tea, another drug of addiction with considerably less damaging consequences.