Going out and getting rather worse for wear for the first time was once a rite of passage.

But clean-living young people turn their noses up at overindulging at the bar - because it's the kind of thing their parents did.

Alcohol is now so taboo that abstemious millennials see getting drunk as something only done by an "older generation", according to new research.

The data, from a survey by Eventbrite, shows that only one in ten see getting drunk as "cool".

They're much more likely to consider it "pathetic" or "embarrassing", with four in ten having an overall negative view of someone who is drunk.

Experts suggested that millennials were not using alcohol to deal with their problems because they are more comfortable talking about them openly instead.

"Generation X were still suffering from a stiff upper lip problem, they used drink and drugs to hide their problems. Younger people don’t want to cover up their problems with drinking and drugs, they want to face them," said Nichi Hodgson, a dating and relationships expert who contributed to the report.

Lack of funds also led to less drinking - one in four said they would rather spend their money on other things.