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Almost none of working age Soviet people of early 80s had personal experience of losing a family member or being shipped away, yet they drank like sailors perma
by thriftwy 4y ago
Almost none of working age Soviet people of early 80s had personal experience of losing a family member or being shipped away, yet they drank like sailors permanently stuck in a port.
This is mostly due to the blandness of life, and partly due to almost absent survival-related risk and stress. Your income and housing is guaranteed, even if often crappy and small. Why bother?
- 8note 4y agoI've met people in their 20s in the 2010s who are still traumatized by the actions of the Soviet government. The trauma is passed down over time, but the alcoholism even more so. Alcoholic parents are gonna have a lot of alcohol around the house available for teens to party and drink with, to develop a habit and dependence
- thriftwy 4y agoDoes not explain the reversion of trend and significant decrease in alcoholism exposure in post-soviet Russia.