Why more millennials are choosing an alcohol-free lifestyle - PBS NewsHour

Belinda Carrasco:

If you think about millennials, they mostly relate with one another digitally.

But what happens when you don't sort of develop those skills to navigate interpersonal, not only relationships, but also interpersonal conflict? Then perhaps alcohol plays a role, as not only a social lubricant, but, again, it's an attempt to self-soothe, manage anxiety, self-medicate.