tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902857965429630827.post6974933526954820092..comments2023-06-05T04:26:27.437-07:00Comments on Forty Shades Of Grey: Binge BritainForty Shades Of Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07070982468518425595noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902857965429630827.post-629341759479629872011-01-19T16:27:37.294-08:002011-01-19T16:27:37.294-08:00I agree with the points made above as the *binge d...I agree with the points made above as the *binge drinkers* are usually in work and blow their money getting pissed at the weekend. Higher prices may make them grumble a bit but I cant see it stopping them. Alcoholics will not be helped as quite often they will drink rather than eat and often end up homeless, such is their addiction. The price of alcohol is rarely a factor in a persons decision to drink or not in fact the social pressures on people to drink are massive. I cant remember the last social occasion I attended where drinking didn't feature heavily. As someone who has tried to cut down on drinking for health reasons and found help from a charity to do so I have found that the main problem is not price its the fact that u cant get away from it. Drink is on the TV constantly and if I go out I cant walk for ten minutes in any direction without a shop selling it or advertising etc. Even though people know I have been trying to stop drinking I still got a bottle of Baileys for xmas. Peoples attitudes to drink need to change. Price rises will not educate people. cutting services and grants to charities which help people with their problems wont help anyone either. I sometimes wish that politicians didnt think they have all the answers when in fact they know nothing and dont seem that bothered about finding out.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00642911721573458713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902857965429630827.post-59472076691263815582011-01-19T15:29:42.619-08:002011-01-19T15:29:42.619-08:00If we are indeed "All in this together" ...If we are indeed "All in this together" shouldn't we see a corresponding increase in the price of Claret, Bolly and Cognac, or whatever the members of the Bullingdon Club binge on - former members include David Cameron; George (Gideon Oliver) Osborne and Boris Johnson. The club members are noted for binge drinking, trashing restaurants and historical buildings causing thousands of pounds of damage, attacking members of the public that irritate them, need I go on? However, it doesn't seem to have done those three any harm, so I'm NOT going to stop drinking, in fact I'm off to down a few bottles of White Lightening and when I come round in a few days I'm going to ring my GP and demand a referral to the Betty Ford clinic, as is my right under Cameron's new proposals (I know this for a fact because he emailed me today under the header "Public Services - You call the Shots")Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908133126526685502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5902857965429630827.post-14382366159314025112011-01-18T17:18:56.463-08:002011-01-18T17:18:56.463-08:00Anecdotally, I'd suggest that it's not so ...Anecdotally, I'd suggest that it's not so much that poor people tend to be alcoholics, but that alcoholics tend to have difficulty holding down jobs, and so tend to end up poor. Similarly for other addictions.<br /><br />High functioning drinkers like, for example, me when I was at university, who binge drink, but take exercise, eat pretty well and ensure they're in relatively good shape when they have to turn up for lectures, lab or work won't be affected by this. Of course, people like that cause many fewer problems than out of control binge drinkers.<br /><br />As for solutions to the problem, I don't know. I'd like to say we should introduce moderate drinking to children in an age appropriate way, but all the kids in the school I worked at seemed to be able to get hold of alcohol by the time they turned 14 and Thanet is still full of drunk idiots every Friday night.Neil Willcoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166832958072749813noreply@blogger.com