The Daily Mail has an article on Bored with life: The lonely Facebook generation who are turning to alcohol for comfort
They have thousands of online Facebook friends and use social networking to text, blog and Twitter their every thought; and yet they struggle with loneliness and so become over reliant on alcohol – a sad state of affairs.
But Britain’s 16 to 24-year-olds – the so-called Facebook generation – are lonelier than any other age group.