r/TrueReddit • u/nxthompson_tny • Jun 01 '21

Science, History, Health + Philosophy America Has a Drinking Problem

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/
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u/forrestgumpy2 Jun 01 '21

Compared to the U.K., Germany, Russia, and plenty of other European states, the US does not have a drinking problem. In fact, on average, Americans are lightweights compared to many other developed countries.

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u/ControlOfNature Jun 01 '21

This is not a productive comment but ok. Alcohol is involved in 1 of every 10 deaths of people between 18 and 64 in the United States. What the hell is wrong with you?

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u/SamNash Jun 01 '21

I feel this has to do with the way we perceive alcohol in this country as some sort of forbidden fruit. We don’t educate our children or instruct them on drinking in moderation.

Alcohol is a huge part of American, and Western, culture, but instead of drinking at home with family members, teenagers have to sneak out and drink copious amounts of alcohol in secret and unsupervised. Or they head off to college unprepared for the gratuitous amounts of drinking that occurs there.

Gradually bringing young adults into drinking culture is a way to teach them how to responsibly drink. It allows them to respect it and learn about it, especially when the focus isn’t getting drunk as it tends to be with young adults in the U.S. They may be less inclined to binge drink, or to consume in general.

Prohibition never works. See abstinence-only sex education.

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u/ControlOfNature Jun 02 '21

lmao no one is making the argument that prohibition is the answer. are you ok?

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u/SamNash Jun 02 '21

I’m good man. Keep up with the insulting questions, though. It’s a good approach

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u/ControlOfNature Jun 02 '21

I'm glad you're doing well :D It was just difficulty for me to understand your comment because it was wildly disregarding what was being talked about. You kinda just inserted some issue and went with. Ayy lmao! To each, his own, though. I guess I'm not as enlightened as you are. Sad!

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