24/7 Wall Street, a financial news site, the Crestview/Fort Walton Beach/Destin area is listed as the drunkest city in Florida. Data was compiled from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which shows the statewide average for excessive drinking is about 17.4 percent while 20.8 percent of adults in Crestview/Fort Walton Beach/Destin drink excessively. The area also has the state’s highest alcohol-related traffic fatality rate, at 39.4 percent. That’s compared to 28.2 percent statewide and 30 percent nationwide.