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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drinking is so much worse now.

I live in the bar area of Clarendonand there are tons of adults 22-30 stumbling around completely incoherent—even in the middle of the day.

Ambulances came 3 times this weekend on our street for adults that wouldn’t stop throwing up, wandering in the middle of the street, etc., passed out on the curb.  I saw one topple over in a driveway.  My kids saw a 20-something woman fall off the drunk trolley and get dragged before her friends noticed and I’m yelling “man down” at 2pm on a Saturday in front of Whitlows. And this is not isolated event.

I am 50 and did bar crawls (they were a few times per year—not almost every month like now)—and parties in my youth and it was an incredibly rare occurrence for things to ever get that out of control.

I have College age nieces and nephews and the stories they have—kids in rehab are eye-opening.

I have read several articles that surmise it’s the helicopter generation lashing out, coupled with social media.

I tell ya, my tweens have been scared straight watching drunks handcuffed, drunk drivers wrestled to the ground.  They don’t see it as glamorous.  I remember thinking “oh that never happens as a teen” because I lived in the suburbs and didn’t see the negative aspects—just the fun.  It’s easy to reinforce how bad it is when you watch it out your window.[/quote]

I totally agree!  I live near several bars. I've called 911 many times. I've also called moms and roommates if the person is coherent enough to talk. Last night about 7:30 I was sitting in my yard and heard "clickity clack, clickity clack, boom" college age girl maybe 21 sprawled out on the sidewalk. Alone. She sat up and asked me what street she was on and told me where her car was. I told her I could call the cops to give her a ride home or her sober mom/roommate/friend.  She gave me her phone and kept slurring her words trying to give me the passcode. I called her dad. I got her up and on a chair. Dad came and was so upset and thankful.

This was no where near the first time I've done this.

I think the drinking culture in America; wine moms, bar crawls has gotten out of control. I saw myself becoming one
Of those "Chardonnay moms" I quit drinking altogether a month ago. [/quote]

Yep.  The people that say it isn't worse nowadays are completely clueless.  I should have them come out to my house on the weekend and witness the unbelievable parade of 20-early 30 somethings weaving/wobbling down the street and sidewalks (and gasp! driving at times---and getting caught).  It is of a level where they are banging on doors completely incoherent, passing out in front lawns with their iPhones and keys next to them [b]in the middle of the afternoon[/b].  Police have confirmed (getting to know them on a first name basis)  that alcohol and drugs and incidents have tripled in the last few years.

These aren't even college kids.

I did a lot of partying through college to early 30s.  I have lived in DC.  I live in Clarendon and what I have been seeing in the last year or so is unprecedented.

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What kind of neighborhood do you live in? Gasp.[/quote]

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