falling into a euphoric recall and romanticizing past substance use she said its normalized said boston university school of public health professor david jernigan so you can have fun without drinking it is possible it can help people make better choices more a smart drug implant controlled from a smartphone could treat chronic disease a federal survey shows nearly 67 million americans binge drink at least monthly meaning women down four drinks during a single occasion men five even one drink a day is unhealthy said dr sarah hartz an assistant professor of psychiatry at washington university in st louis the drinking continued when she moved to minnesota for college people gather for hours to sip handmade mocktails talk dance and listen to speakers and sober musicians such diseases and social ills cost the nation an estimated 249 billion a year we evolved as social creatures its like the wallpaper of peoples lives elsewhere in rock hill sc the highend secondhand store clothes mentor served margaritas at its annual clearance sale the nonalcoholic beverage movement is a growing group when loganrice 39 got to high school she drank from beer bongs in cars during lunch with friends and went to cornfields for keg parties social worker stephanie loganrice said she grew up in aberdeen sd where her mother drank herself to death succumbing to liver cirrhosis three years ago at 56 loganrice was in sixth grade when she realized her mother was drinking wine or vodka out of tupperware glasses or plastic water bottles this story is from kaiser health news st louis not far from the anheuserbusch brewery joshua grigaitis fills a cooler with bottles and cans in one of the citys oldest bars outside major cities entertainment often revolves around alcohol if you closed your eyes on a friday night youd think you were in a regular bar he said nearby liberty tax served the tequila drink when customers went in to finish their taxes last april since giving up booze loganrice said she has seen alcohol in unexpected places even an assisted living facility that offered bottles of wine as door prizes when she attended an earlyafternoon presentation about hospice care more different approaches to recognizing loneliness in the elderly sans bar held a national tour this year with popup events in st louis portland ore and anchorage alaska and opened a permanent location in austin frank sinatras crooning voice fills the air along with the aroma of incense i just thought it was normal she said