Although considerably less research has spotlighted alcohol misuse in later life, there are compelling reasons to do so. Older individuals constitute an increasing proportion of the American population (Vespa et al., 2018). In 2014, the majority of adults between 60 and 64 (65%) and 65 or more (56%) reported current drinking (Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, 2015), and national data collected over the past two decades indicate that such consumption has been on the rise. Among individuals aged 60 or greater, findings from the National Health Interview Surveys collected consecutively between 1997 and 2014 (Breslow et al., 2017) document increases in men’s and women’s current drinking from 54.0% to 59.9% and from 37.8% to 47.5%, respectively. Although the prevalence of binge drinking did not change significantly among men across this period (about 20%), it rose significantly in females (from 4.9% to 7.5%; Breslow et al., 2017). Similarly, data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) collected at two time points (2001– 2002 and 2012 –2013) revealed increases among individuals aged at least 65 in
