Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
The statistic was 4 gallons of pure alcohol consumed per every man, woman child and infant in the country. That is a lot of booze.
Seriously, yes it is. However, given unhealthy water, people tended to drink more alcohol. Add in how rough life was then and while it is indeed a lot of booze, it's at least somewhat understandable. Consumption fifty years ago was considerably greater than it is today. Everything goes in cycles...

That includes alcohol. And drugs. And Families...