They been pushing this on us since we were kids and I never realized it
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Post WWII, nearly everyone was involved in some kind of club. But it was more for social reasons - my mom called them drinking clubs, because that was a lot of it. I have seen pics of my grandparents post-war and there are whiskey bottles all over those tables.
Also, I don't think people consider that restaurants were not as prolific at the time these clubs were at their height. Going to a restaurant was considered something special. No internet, TV limited - I am old enough to remember when movies would stay in a theater for months at a time. People actually had to make the effort. We may have a plethora of options and technology, but in some ways, they were a lot better off than we are.
Don't forget that back then, DWI wasn't a death sentence. In 1972 I lost my best friend to a drunk driver, it was the 72nd time the asshole had been stopped while drunk. MADD killed off the fraternal organizations when they got stricter laws passed, hard to get to the meetings without a driver's license.
Very true. And sorry about your friend. 72 times is inexcusable.
And whats the point in going if you cant drink and then drive home?
A book called Bowling Alone came out a few years ago connecting the demise of those social clubs to a lot of the social problems we see now.