Like many of my fellow Gen Zers, getting drunk is not on my agenda | Maddie Thomas

Many of us are drinking less and Zooming more - and when we go out there seems to be less need for a confidence blanket of alcohol

Over the past two years, the times I've had the most to drink are at (legal) lockdown dinner parties with my tight-knit group of 50-year-old friends. We sat around a table at curry nights and roast dinners, merrily topping up glasses of champagne well into the night. We tried our hand at paella and made sangria. I also made a tiramisu drowned in Baileys once, but that doesn't feel like it counts.

Getting drunk, however, has never been on my weekly or monthly agenda. To be honest, it isn't on my agenda at all. And it is a trend we are starting to see more and more in people my age: Gen Z, those born from around 1997 to 2010, seem to be drinking less and Zooming more.