Dear cyber Drama Queens
Today’s little rant will be about the matter of Alcohol consumption here in the UK. I am sure many of you will know what I am talking about when I go on to say that most people here are light alcoholics. I mean look at the average amount of alcohol consumed during a typical night out. If you take it out of the context of having a few drinks when out with friends you will know what I mean. They say the average units of alcohol that a person in the UK consumes when out on the town with friends is roughly 6-7 units. How think for a minute if you had the same amount on a daily basis and then try to tell me you’re not a slight alcoholic.
Coming from one of the warm countries in the world, I come from a culture that can have a few drinks on occasion but is not considered the norm to drink every time you are out with friends. This is not a fair comparison I hear most of you scream, as in warm countries if you drink to much the heat gets to you and you get dehydrated, that’s why the don’t drink. This might be true but then you are also claiming that the reason why people drink here is due to the cold weather. Well... this may have been true a few decades ago but these days due to changing climates and global warming this country is nowhere near as cold as it used to be. Furthermore, most places are now indoors and heated which negates the need to drink to keep warm.
This amount of drinking not only puts a massive pinch on a person’s wallet but also on the overall economy and the NHS. Think if you would, for a minute, how much money is spent daily on treatment for liver failure due to drinking, or obesity, which is made worse by the amount of alcohol people consume. Some people also go on to state that they drink in order to socialise, that comment is so out there I am not even sure if you need me to tell you how much is wrong with that statement. If you need alcohol in order to socialise then maybe you should try and work on your shyness rather than getting blind drunk. The other day I had a conversation with a person I know who is from the UK and the person asked me if I went out on the weekend, to which I replied yes, Said person then asked if I got drunk, to which I replied no. This person then went on to say “shame so you had a bad night then?” OH my god is this how people here see drinking; you need to be blind drunk in order to have a good night?
Anyway I think I may have gone on too long and in order not to get hateful comments, I will stop here.
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DQB