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This trope needs to die. Europe doesn't have drinking "problems" because it mostly draws the line for "problems" in what would solidly be "functional alcoholic
by throwaway0a5e 5y ago
This trope needs to die. Europe doesn't have drinking "problems" because it mostly draws the line for "problems" in what would solidly be "functional alcoholic" territory in the US.
- tomnipotent 5y agoWait, what? From the WHO: https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/alcohol-use/data-and-statistics https://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention... "The WHO European Region has the highest proportion in the world of total ill health and premature death due to alcohol."
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoExactly. The numbers don't back up the narrative unless you do mental gymnastics to redefine Europe. HN often seems to forget that Europe extends south beyond the Alps and east beyond the Oder.
- pedrosorio 5y ago> HN often seems to forget that Europe extends south beyond the Alps Unclear what this is supposed to mean. Italy[0], Portugal[1] and Spain[2] all have lower prevalence of heavy episodic drinking than the EU average. Both Portugal ("south of the Alps") and France[3] ("north of the Alps") have higher alcohol consumption per capita than the EU average, which is largely due to a culture of moderate wine drinking with meals that has nothing to do with "functional alcoholism". [0] https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/402190/ACHP_FS_Italy.pdf https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/402190/... [1] https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/402198/ACHP_FS_Portugal.pdf https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/402198/... [2] https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/402202/ACHP_FS_Spain.pdf https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/402202/... [3] https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/402185/ACHP_FS_France.pdf https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/402185/...