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More than six in 10 Americans report that they drink alcohol, and 19% of drinkers admit to overindulging sometimes. Beer remains more popular than liquor or wine in the U.S., but liquor's appeal has grown.

Broad majorities of Americans believe the use of alcohol adversely affects society and drinkers themselves. Two-thirds of U.S. adults continue to imbibe.

Americans have become slightly less likely to say they drink alcoholic beverages, and those who imbibe are drinking less, on average.

The percentage of Americans who drink is holding steady, but while beer still leads, more drinkers say they prefer liquor, roughly tying wine.

Drinking alcohol is common in U.S. society, although far from universal.

Americans who drink alcohol continue to say they most often drink beer (40%) over wine (30%) and liquor (26%).

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Americans who drink alcohol continue to prefer beer to wine or liquor, though women most prefer wine. One in four U.S. drinkers say they occasionally drink more than they should, with men being more likely than women to say so.

Americans who drink are equally likely to name beer (36%) or wine (35%) as the alcoholic drink they most often have, with 23% naming liquor. Since the early 1990s, wine has risen and beer has fallen as drinkers' beverage of choice.

Highly religious Americans are less likely than others to drink alcohol and are more likely to view drinking as morally unacceptable.