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I'm moving, I think.
Inlander:
Australia definitely has instances of binge drinking, and frankly even one person out binge drinking is too many, but it's not endemic the way it is in Britain. In Australia, at least the parts I've been to, binge drinking is the exception, not the rule. Sure, most people go out and get drunk on a Saturday night, but at least most of those who do can find their own way home at the end of the night. In Britain a much larger proportion of the population indulges in binge drinking than is the case in Australia.
yelley:
--- Quote from: mooface on 03 Jan 2008, 22:33 ---going to live in another country is a great experience, but it won't solve anything. you may leave behind a hundred things you hate about the city you came from, but you will just find a hundred new things to hate about the new city you live in.
--- End quote ---
this is true. no matter where you go, there are going to be things that you won't like about where you live. at least experience some other places in your own country before you decide that it's all junk and go to a different one.
ledhendrix:
I think everyone is being a bit harsh of the uk. Maybe that is what it's like down in England but up in Scotland things maybe arn't so bad. True there is a huge binge drinking scene, the weather is shite and there isn't much to do, theres a lot of anti social behaviour and the weather is crap but you know, the public transport is dire and obesity is on the rise.
On the plus side we still have good countryside, good fishing and when the weather is good its a pretty magic place to be.
I wouldn't listen to the bad things though, i'm just being pessimistic because i've lived here all my life in a small town.
Uber Ritter:
From what I've heard American binge drinking is a concern more for specific demographics (ie, young folks). Wheras I hear more concerns from Britain about binge drinking among the general populace (this is all second or third hand including comments on this thread, mind you, so feel free to ignore me/correct me as appropriate).
As to the difference between binge drinking and alcoholism, alcoholism is an addiction to alcohol that causes all sorts of problems and may well take over one's life, while binge drinking is drinking to get really, really drunk, as opposed to a couple of glasses of wine over dinner or beers with friends. To use an example we're all familiar with, Faye might not be an alcoholic (though she might be heading there) but she does have a propensity to binge drinking. Binge drinkers don't necessarily feel a -need- to get drunk, it might happen a couple of times a month, but when a binge happens they generally get drunk enough to cause problems.
ledhendrix:
Well where i stay the main occupation at the weekend for 15-18 year olds ish is pretty much to get smashed at the weekend. It's not nice drinking it's down a bottle of wine or drink a crate of beer or drink a bottle of vodka kind of drinking which is fair enough at a party but i know a lot of people who every weekend pretty much a couple of them head up to one of their houses and just get smashed.
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