Actually I'd posit that young folks today have more mental problems, more loneliness....and NOT getting laid problems more than my generation is precisely due to lack of alcohol....we used to call it "conversation lubrication".
It loosed up women and gave a bit more confidence to men.
I know you're gay, so likely not a 1:1 analogy in your life.
But, social media and lack of booze, I think IMHO...have ruined a LOT in society.
Is it a poison? Yes.
Is it without problems it causes? No
But you look largely at previous generations ....boomers, X'ers...back in the normal days with primarily human interactions and alcohol use....people got together more in person, had meatspace "real" friends .....they interacted with the opposite sex, they had kids.....life in general was more actually SOCIAL.....
Again, while the tech today is fun and aspects of it are GREAT, I thank my lucky stars I was born when I was....we didn't have fucking cameras EVERYWHERE, we didn't have social media ability to roast someone from miles away for nothing.
We didn't have helicopter parents...we as kids, were able to run off, be alone....get into trouble, learn from mistakes....TAKE risks, and learn how to deal with rejection and learn what it means to have REALY FRIENDS..and not worry that anything stupid you did was recorded for posterity and follow you till the end of your days.
Frankly if I had to make a choice, I'd choose to ditch the tech to have the childhood I had again if I had to do it all over again.
Right now, we're not seeing any good trends for humanity with the the way it is now....
Life was simpler in my time...the country was largely more in step together, shared experiences....even our disagreements politically were NOT as far apart as they are now...we were more alike and united than we are now.
Excuse me...I need to go have a shot.
I feel for ya, that it isn't something you can participate in....I really do.