Minimum Price Alcohol....Will it help with Irelands Drink Culture? (24)
the drink culture in Ireland to ingrained so deep that minimum priced drink will not stop it.
What needs to change is our whole attitude.
I know my parents think nothing of offering visitors a glass of wine or indeed 2 or 3 glasses knowing full well that they are driving.
Our scandinavian visitors cannot fathom how it is even considered let alone offered.
I know myself in my early 20's I used to drink til I staggered home barely coherent and never knowing at what point I'd gone from tipsy to drunk. Spending a fortune and not giving a damn.
I then one day thought to myself....i wonder how much it takes to gets me drunk and it was a hell of a lot less that I'd thought and substantially less than I drank on a night out.
I do on the very rare occasion drink more than I should but i always end the night with my last few drinks being 7up or water. Usually since Im the one who makes sure everyone gets home safely.
Attitudes need to change big time when it comes to how much we drink.
We may be very capable on our way out for a night but we need to take responsibility for how we get home and how we behave between then.
What needs to change is our whole attitude.
I know my parents think nothing of offering visitors a glass of wine or indeed 2 or 3 glasses knowing full well that they are driving.
Our scandinavian visitors cannot fathom how it is even considered let alone offered.
I know myself in my early 20's I used to drink til I staggered home barely coherent and never knowing at what point I'd gone from tipsy to drunk. Spending a fortune and not giving a damn.
I then one day thought to myself....i wonder how much it takes to gets me drunk and it was a hell of a lot less that I'd thought and substantially less than I drank on a night out.
I do on the very rare occasion drink more than I should but i always end the night with my last few drinks being 7up or water. Usually since Im the one who makes sure everyone gets home safely.
Attitudes need to change big time when it comes to how much we drink.
We may be very capable on our way out for a night but we need to take responsibility for how we get home and how we behave between then.
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Mariannette: the drink culture in Ireland to ingrained so deep that minimum priced drink will not stop it.
What needs to change is our whole attitude.
I know my parents think nothing of offering visitors a glass of wine or indeed 2 or 3 glasses knowing full well that they are driving.
Our scandinavian visitors cannot fathom how it is even considered let alone offered.
I know myself in my early 20's I used to drink til I staggered home barely coherent and never knowing at what point I'd gone from tipsy to drunk. Spending a fortune and not giving a damn.
I then one day thought to myself....i wonder how much it takes to gets me drunk and it was a hell of a lot less that I'd thought and substantially less than I drank on a night out.
I do on the very rare occasion drink more than I should but i always end the night with my last few drinks being 7up or water. Usually since Im the one who makes sure everyone gets home safely.
Attitudes need to change big time when it comes to how much we drink.
We may be very capable on our way out for a night but we need to take responsibility for how we get home and how we behave between then.
What needs to change is our whole attitude.
I know my parents think nothing of offering visitors a glass of wine or indeed 2 or 3 glasses knowing full well that they are driving.
Our scandinavian visitors cannot fathom how it is even considered let alone offered.
I know myself in my early 20's I used to drink til I staggered home barely coherent and never knowing at what point I'd gone from tipsy to drunk. Spending a fortune and not giving a damn.
I then one day thought to myself....i wonder how much it takes to gets me drunk and it was a hell of a lot less that I'd thought and substantially less than I drank on a night out.
I do on the very rare occasion drink more than I should but i always end the night with my last few drinks being 7up or water. Usually since Im the one who makes sure everyone gets home safely.
Attitudes need to change big time when it comes to how much we drink.
We may be very capable on our way out for a night but we need to take responsibility for how we get home and how we behave between then.
Totally agree.Pricing wont change the mindset and that is what needs changing.
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I lived in Ireland while married to an Irishman. He STAYED drunk all the time! His brother was a recovering alcoholic. I think Eire should banish ALL alcohol, since the people can't seem to control themselves.
Just my opinion...
Just my opinion...
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Changing the basic price of Alcohol won't make a blind bit of difference, 6.3 Billion was spent by the Irish on booze in 2012, and I doubt that will go downwards at all.
Changing the price of the consequences of alcohol might be a far better approach, 1000 Eur bill for A&E because you got plastered and passed out and have to have your stomach pumped, 100 EUR fine for littering because you puked up all over the street...etc, people will soon learn once they get charged for the consequences.
Even if minimum pricing is introduced, there is one place that probably won't be affected at all, the Dail Bar!!
Changing the price of the consequences of alcohol might be a far better approach, 1000 Eur bill for A&E because you got plastered and passed out and have to have your stomach pumped, 100 EUR fine for littering because you puked up all over the street...etc, people will soon learn once they get charged for the consequences.
Even if minimum pricing is introduced, there is one place that probably won't be affected at all, the Dail Bar!!
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KIBALUV: I lived in Ireland while married to an Irishman. He STAYED drunk all the time! His brother was a recovering alcoholic. I think Eire should banish ALL alcohol, since the people can't seem to control themselves.
Just my opinion...
Just my opinion...
Since when has prohibition ever worked and solved more problems than it has caused?
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KIBALUV: I lived in Ireland while married to an Irishman. He STAYED drunk all the time! His brother was a recovering alcoholic. I think Eire should banish ALL alcohol, since the people can't seem to control themselves.
Just my opinion...
Just my opinion...
not one for stereotypes are you? Its a complete generalization to say all Irish people are drunks because we are not..we have the same levels of alcoholism and binge drinking as the uk has only they aren't stereotyped are they..Eastern European countries and Russia have the highest level of alcohol consumption
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Increasing the price will make people think about their drinking but the urge to drink will outweigh the increased costs especially if its only a couple of euro..we have a binge drinking culture now..years ago it was men who drank every penny they had while their wives and children starved at home..I dont think that happens mush anymore
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Looks like they don't want the peasants to have cheap bread or milk either 
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MADDOG69: She's already stereotyped us before on some other thread. Huair of a wan altogether.
He must haven her the hooks when he came home from the boozer...
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mcattack: He must haven her the hooks when he came home from the boozer...
...have given
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KIBALUV: I lived in Ireland while married to an Irishman. He STAYED drunk all the time! His brother was a recovering alcoholic. I think Eire should banish ALL alcohol, since the people can't seem to control themselves.
Just my opinion...
Just my opinion...
You just sound like a bitter ex wife. To say we should ban alcohol all together because you were stupid enough to marry an alcoholic is idiotic. About as idiotic as marrying an alcoholic I suppose.
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mcattack: ...have given
With statements like that I would "nearly" forgive him.
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KIBALUV: I lived in Ireland while married to an Irishman. He STAYED drunk all the time! His brother was a recovering alcoholic. I think Eire should banish ALL alcohol, since the people can't seem to control themselves.
Just my opinion...
your very opinionated about the irish and their drinking habits hard to believe with an IQ above 135 you can write tripe like this highly insulting to us Irish folk living here in the Motherland,and your related to George Bernand oh god help us,CANT REALLY BLAME YOUR EX FOR STAYING DRUNK Just my opinion...
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mjpd67: your very opinionated about the irish and their drinking habits hard to believe with an IQ above 135 you can write tripe like this highly insulting to us Irish folk living here in the Motherland,and your related to George Bernand oh god help us,CANT REALLY BLAME YOUR EX FOR STAYING DRUNK
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mjpd67: http://www.bettyfordcenter.org/alcohol_rehab.html
There ya go Pedro. And it's in America too. You might fit that into your American Dream plans next year when ya go across. ------ This poll is Archived ------
MADDOG69: There ya go Pedro. And it's in America too. You might fit that into your American Dream plans next year when ya go across.
he might even become a member of staff being on CS is a glowing reference in itself 
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MADDOG69: There ya go Pedro. And it's in America too. You might fit that into your American Dream plans next year when ya go across.
i dont drink anymore, im not a dipso
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pedro27: i dont drink anymore, im not a dipso
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KIBALUV: I lived in Ireland while married to an Irishman. He STAYED drunk all the time! His brother was a recovering alcoholic. I think Eire should banish ALL alcohol, since the people can't seem to control themselves.
Just my opinion...
Just my opinion...
prohibition never works...all that will do is start a bootlegging industry
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i totally agree with you im at that stage now where i cant wait till the weekend to drink as much as i can get down me gob and sometimes driving sound good plan to drink water near end of night instead of stocking up at last orders
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