{"id":1975295,"date":"2023-07-17T15:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-lockdowns-drove-americans-to-drink-at-home-in-the-morning-studies-find\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T15:34:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:34:51","slug":"covid-lockdowns-drove-americans-to-drink-at-home-in-the-morning-studies-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-lockdowns-drove-americans-to-drink-at-home-in-the-morning-studies-find\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID lockdowns led to increased alcohol consumption among Americans, particularly at home and in the morning, according to studies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div 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style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Americans Turn\u200c to Drinking\u2063 as\u200d COVID \u200dLockdowns\u200b Hit<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When COVID \u2063struck\u2062 the\u200b U.S., \u200cshutting \u2064down \u2064music\u200c and\u2063 sports \u200bvenues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amc-stock-climbs-after-nyc-says-movie-theaters-can-reopen\/\" title=\"AMC Stock Climbs After NYC Says Movie Theaters Can Reopen\">movie theaters<\/a>, bowling \u200balleys, and more, Americans found \u200ca new hobby: drinking.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p>Well,\u200b many\u2062 Americans\u200d already drink \u200ctoo\u200d much. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov\/how-much-is-too-much\/is-your-drinking-pattern-risky\/Drinking-Levels.aspx#:~:text=The%202020%E2%80%932025%20Dietary%20Guidelines,women%20when%20alcohol%20is%20consumed.\">U.S.\u200d Dietary Guidelines<\/a> say \u2062women\u2062 can have \u200droughly one drink a day \u2063and \u2064men about two\u2062 drinks\u200c a day, \u2062but\u200c some \u200ddoctors say\u2062 there\u2019s <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/alcohol\/fact-sheets\/moderate-drinking.htm\">no safe amount<\/a> of\u200c alcohol\u200d that eliminates \u2063the\u2063 risks associated.\u200d Either\u200d way,\u200d Americans hit \u2062the\u200b bottle after the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-quarterly-profit-beats-estimates-helped-by-price-hikes\/\" title=\"Tesla quarterly profit beats estimates, helped by price hikes\">lockdowns hit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPer \u200ccapita\u2062 consumption of ethanol from all alcoholic beverages \u2064combined \u2063in 2021\u200c was 2.51\u2063 gallons, representing a 2.9\u200c percent\u200d increase from 2.44 gallons in 2020 and \u2064a 5.5 percent \u200dincrease\u2064 from \u20622.38\u200d gallons in 2019,\u201d the\u200b National\u200d Institute\u2064 on Alcohol \u200cAbuse and\u200d Alcoholism, part \u200bof the National \u200dInstitutes of Health (NIH), <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/pubs.niaaa.nih.gov\/publications\/surveillance120\/CONS21.htm\">said<\/a>\u200c in \u200bits\u2062 latest \u201csurveillance report.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis\u200d was the\u2062 largest \u2063two-year \u2064increase\u2063 since 1969, when there\u2062 was\u200b a\u200d 5.9 \u200cpercent\u200c increase\u2062 (2.37 gallons in 1967 to\u200d 2.51 gallons in 1969),\u201d \u2064the \u2062report \u200dsaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u200d <\/p>\n<p>The \u200buptick\u200b in\u2064 alcohol\u200c use came\u2064 almost \u200ccompletely \u2062from hard\u200b liquor.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<p>Among other findings:<\/p>\n<p> \u2062<\/p>\n<ul>\u200b <\/p>\n<li><em>Between\u200c 2020 and 2021, \u2064changes \u200bin overall \u200bper \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-lockdowns-drove-americans-to-drink-at-home-in-the-morning-studies-find\/\" title=\"COVID lockdowns led to increased alcohol consumption among Americans, particularly at home and in the morning, according to studies.\">capita\u200c ethanol\u200c consumption included increases<\/a> \u200bin 37 States \u2062and the\u2062 District of\u2064 Columbia,\u200c decreases \u2064in \u200b10\u2063 States, \u2064and\u200b no \u200dchanges\u200c in \u200d3 States.<\/em><\/li>\n<p>\u2062 <\/p>\n<li><em>Analysis \u200cof overall \u200cper \u2063capita\u2063 alcohol \u200dconsumption\u2063 by U.S.\u2062 Census \u200cregion \u200cbetween 2020 and 2021 indicated increases \u2064of\u200b 5.4 percent \u2062in the \u2063Northeast, \u200c1.6 percent\u200c in \u2064the Midwest, \u200c3.4\u2063 percent \u200bin the South, and \u200c2.3 \u2062percent in the West.<\/em><\/li>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p>\n<li><em>In \u20642021, \u200cState-level per\u2063 capita annual\u200c alcohol\u2062 consumption\u2062 was more\u200d than 10 \u2063percent\u200b above \u200dthe overall national level \u200c(> 2.76 gallons) in\u2062 17 States and \u200dthe District \u2062of Columbia, 10 percent or less above \u200dthe national level\u200c (>\u200b 2.51\u20132.76\u2064 gallons) \u200cin \u20625 \u200bStates, up to\u200c 10 percent\u200d below\u2063 the\u2063 national\u2064 level (2.26\u20132.51 gallons)\u2063 in 15 States,\u2063 and\u200b more \u200dthan\u200c 10 percent \u200bbelow \u200bthe national level \u200c(< 2.26 gallons) \u2064in\u2063 13\u2064 States.<\/em><\/li>\n<p>\u2063 <\/ul>\n<p>What\u2019s \u200bmore, \u200bother\u200d studies found \u2064that \u2063more Americans were drinking alone at\u200d home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral studies \u200chave \u2063now shown \u2064that\u200b solitary drinking \u2063increased as a \u200cresult of \u2062the\u200b pandemic,\u201d \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wevv.com\/news\/health\/drinking-alone-when-younger-linked-to-alcoholism-in-mid-30s\/article_6a76224c-a273-51b6-8049-69f2c226b5a2.html\">said<\/a> Kasey Creswell, \u2064an associate professor \u200bof psychology \u200bat\u2062 Carnegie Mellon\u200c University\u200b in \u2062Pittsburgh, \u200bPennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudies have \u200dalso shown\u200d that the\u200d associations\u2064 between\u2062 solitary \u2063drinking\u2062 and alcohol problems\u2064 are\u200c stronger for\u2062 young \u2062women \u2064compared\u2063 to young men,\u201d \u2064she\u2064 said.\u2063 \u201cThis is \u200bespecially concerning\u200c given that there \u2064have\u200d been \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-economy-inflation-hits-highest-levels-since-great-recession-soars-past-economists-expectations\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Under Biden Inflation Has Hit Record Levels Since Great Recession\">recent increases<\/a> in solitary\u200c drinking\u2063 among\u200c US female \u200badolescents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200c<\/p>\n<p>The increase in \u2062home \u2064drinking likely\u2063 came \u200dabout\u200c because many bars \u200band\u2062 restaurants \u2063shut down\u2062 in\u2064 the early \u200cdays\u2064 of the pandemic. \u2063Another \u2062NIH \u200dstudy \u200dfound that \u200cat-home drinking\u200d can be \u200dbad.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn \u2062general,\u2064 on-premises\u2063 contexts such as restaurants\u200d and bars\/pubs were\u2063 not associated with\u200d as many problems\u2063 as off-premises contexts such as\u2063 drinking at\u200d home or \u200cat\u2064 friends\u2019 and relatives\u2019 homes,\u201d said \u2063a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC9897614\/\">study<\/a> released in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInjuries are associated \u2063with the\u2064 frequency of drinking \u200bat home\u200d alone \u200cor\u2063 with \u200dfamily \u2063and \u200dat \u2062restaurants. Volume \u2064of drinking at\u200c bars\/pubs is\u2064 also significantly associated with three \u2064different \u200ccontexts: social \u200dproblems, \u200cinjury, \u2064and fights. \u200bBut \u2063the \u200dvolume\u2064 of drinking at\u200b the\u2064 home of\u200b friends\u2063 or\u200c relatives is\u200d associated\u2063 with fights only,\u201d\u2064 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-budget-office-minimum-wage-hike-would-cost-1-4-million-jobs\/\" title=\"Congressional Budget Office: Minimum Wage Hike Would Cost 1.4 Million Jobs\">study found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u200b<\/p>\n<p><b \u2064data-stringify-type=\"bold\">And there\u2019s more. \u2063Some\u2063 people became \u201cday drinkers.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p> \u200d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProblematic morning\u2062 drinking\u2062 increased \u2063month-by-month during the first\u200b six \u200dmonths \u200bof\u200c the\u2063 COVID-19 \u2064pandemic, a pattern that\u2063 was\u200c only evident for \u200dgainfully\u2063 employed \u200bindividuals \u200dwho \u200cwere under\u2064 lockdown\/stay-at-home \u2063orders,\u201d \u2064another \u200dNIH study \u2064<a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8683136\/\">found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064<\/p>\n<p>For\u200c the record,\u200d some \u2063doctors <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/europe\/news\/item\/04-01-2023-no-level-of-alcohol-consumption-is-safe-for-our-health\">say<\/a> there\u2019s \u200cno \u2064amount\u2062 of alcohol\u200d you can\u200b consume\u2062 that \u200dis \u200d\u201csafe.\u201d \u2064So \u2064if \u2064you\u2062 were one\u200d of the \u200bAmericans\u2063 who \u200dstarted\u200d drinking\u2062 more during\u200d the \u2062pandemic, maybe \u200dit\u2019s \u200dtime to\u2062 give it up\u2062 altogether.<\/p>\n<h3><em>The \u2063views expressed in\u200b this \u2062piece are \u200dthe\u2062 author\u2019s \u200cown \u200band do \u2062not \u200bnecessarily represent\u2063 those of \u200dThe \u2062Daily Wire.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>\u2064 <\/p>\n<h3><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years,\u2064 including 12 \u200byears as \u200bWhite \u200bHouse \u200dcorrespondent for a\u2062 national \u2062newspaper.\u200d He was also the a.m. editor\u200d of \u200bthe\u200d Drudge\u2063 Report for \u200bfour years.\u200b Send tips\u2062 to\u200d josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow\u2064 him on \u2064Twitter \u2063@josephcurl.<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When COVID hit the U.S., closing entertainment venues, Americans turned to a new pastime: drinking. However, excessive alcohol consumption was already prevalent. 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