>>So, your thought is that the old drunks are dying off and the younger generation is not so burdened with the problem?
Since there is a recent uptick in the population, I had come to believe that the breeders have shunned the vodka.<<
I ve no idea. It seems like older people are drinking less, too.
I’ve known alcoholics whose age and medical condition decreased their drinking to very moderate or light levels. Their bodies just can’t take it. Maybe decreased alcohol use by the aging population of Russia is just more-or-less natural.