New Rule: America Has a Drinking Problem | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) 

One day at a time….bet you’re sleeping a lot better too!

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coming up on twelve years. best decision ever.

That what's up

Bravo!!

Why do you think this is?

Put the prices up then.

@@reinforcedpenisstem the point of a liquor store is not to discourage people from drinking.

@@reinforcedpenisstem competition would put them out of business, there's about 2 liquor stores per mile; individual chains can't affect the price of liquor.

@@Nathan-gd7xq The point of a store is to make the owner money.

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

The only thing plastic at Whole Foods are the shoppers.

Sounds like Europe to me...

@@DontGoToHell someone didn’t take their medicine this morning.

@@DontGoToHell wrong video

Exactly

While he is addicted to drugs.

Funny?

@@donofon101 when you get old you just can't handle things the way one would when being younger.

Bill Mayer is cringe and ignorant.

So sorry to hear that. Some people are born with predisposition to alcoholism. My mom died when I was young from an accidentally fatal mixture of prescription drugs and alcohol. Fortunately I didn't inherit that predisposition but I'm pretty sure my older brother did. It is simply something some people will struggle with their entire lives. My friends dad killed his mom while both were drunk. He is convinced he has predisposition to alcoholism and because of that, he has never had alcohol in his entire life. Unfortunately, it runs in some families and can be passed on to your kids.

@@redbaron6805 Cheers to both of you for surviving all of that. Even after all the people in my life that perished from their mistakes, I still know prohibition causes an unfathomable amount more damage, this is compunded by a lack of treatment options/subsidies and a culture of shame. You can't get clean or "pay yoyr debt to society," you're ostracized for life ... sometimes until a curtain fall too soon.

Your heart-breaking stories are sobering. My deepest sympathies 😢

@@redbaron6805 There's no predisposition. Only choices.

Drinking is not always alcoholism. Alcoholics are different from most drinkers. Come from family of them. It is way different than just drinking it is drinking to excess

As it SHOULD be!🍺

Good point! I thought I was seeing “double” on the drink menu. But now you just clarified this for me….

Wine menu, beer menu, mixed drink menu. Ooooh you wanted the food menu? It’s the last 4 lines of the mixed drinks menu.

What's food?

Makes sense. The markup on liquor is stupid high.

Congratulations! That's great to hear.

Empty bottle?

I was once at an Irish Wedding….the Bar actually ran out of alcohol 🤭. Never seen that many happy wedding guests! 🤣

@@agf1700 you think the wedding was a happy place, wait till you attend a funeral

@@phileas007 Oh I’ve been to a few of those too!

@@agf1700 Daddy used to tell me: "Avoid hangovers; stay drunk."

At least they have acknowledged their problem...you can't fix what you won't acknowledge. 😕

"Programs"? You're grateful you've found a way to employ yourself in the marketplace. Nothing more.

One day at a time

@@jackwarner2444 Believe it or not, some people actually care about helping others 😒

@@rachels1957 Meaning those 10% - which are among us now and forever, help or not. Tip: (if it's not something hopelessly innate) the first two years of bad treatment defines person's life permanently. Then it's only up to him or her.

@David Wurat Don't drink ink David! That goes in your printer not in your mouth

Best high is clean, sober and well-rested

Agreed.

That's why we drink. No one wants to clearly see how F'd we are. But congratulations on your recovery!

@David Wurat You shut up. We overthrew the drink ink King 250 years ago

It’s an end of the workday ritual for me to crack open a cold one when I get home. It’s not a social activity, it’s my “me time”, and I don’t understand the stigma of it. It’s nice to take the edge off the day and relax. I gave up alcohol for a bit and substituted non-alcoholic beer, and I found it still had much the same relaxing effect. Just the ritual of drinking a cold beer after work in and of itself is very calming and soothing. No shame in it.

Yup; this just sounds like self-righteous lecturing from Bill Maher; I love Bill Maher, but this segment just annoyed me. 😒 Btw, I want “grog time” to make a comeback.

Because it's a problem. Alcohol withdrawal is one of the ones that can kill you (hence liquor stores never being closed down during pandemic), killing your organs, but it's everywhere and celebrated. It's one of the hardest addictions to get away from. It's everywhere and too normalized. Ask yourself why most would scoff at smoking pot all day, or doing other drugs, or even lecture about the harm of cigarettes? It's not only hypocrisy, but glosses over the real harm of drinking culture. And I'm someone very liberal about substance use in general (I think if adults want it, they should get it), yet I still see why drinking is an epidemic. It leads to violence, drunk driving, organ failure, etc. We'd think anyone doing coke all day was a problem, but we're fine with drinking all day? I rather have people on the road after taking a pain pill, to or doing a line, than a person coming from their house with a buzz. Alcohol impairs people yet it's treated as harmless. Doesn't mean get rid of it, but this idea that drinking being normalized is good for people needs to go. Time for a reality check.

C A T … right on man!

Brother or sister.... Beautiful just beautiful!!👍😊

I had a professor (a wonderful one) who was a vegetarian & never took medicine or used alcohol. I am confounded as to why Americans are drawn to drugs, street and/or prescription ones. Tobacco kills people. If an individual sold a deadly product as their “business” would that be ok?? A corporation does it and it’s a smart business move. Take my advice, stay away from drugs. Stay healthy and safe & live a happy, long life! 🥰

I wish I could enjoy pot. What's available now is just way too high in THC for me. My heart races and my hands turn to blocks of ice, I can't talk, my tongue sticks to the back of my throat, and I get really paranoid and anxious. Not an enjoyable feeling.

@@allisonroberts1379 ugh, IDK about long. I'm getting awfully discouraged

👏👏👏👏👏👏Perfect! Great comment.

Well Said Buddy! I couldn't agree more!

I have video games for that.

"all Americans have got is escapism" You misspelled capitalism.

Hey shallow head many Americans Escape.into positive things too......you ALL bs needs to be called out... Thanks

Good for you! Keep up the good work!!

Congrats, mate!

So you 'walked out' of depression? That's great, no harmful drugs, but rather an individual (Maher) on drugs, did the trick. Better his brain, than yours.

@@remmymafia3889 shit on me all you want. It's the truth. He invites some genuinely amazing personalities and their books help a lot of people. Bill Maher's own perspective is great enough. I don't know why you are so triggered by this. but alright. May be you don't want to believe me. May be you don't like Bill. In either case, it's none of my business. Just trying to share my opinion for those who can relate to it and learn from it. You can do whatever pleases you

@@abhishekkhandkar Triggered? Just exercising my wit- kinda like Maher has done for a living all his life. A bit harsh I'll admit, just seeing how many woke I can 'trigger', and demand safe spaces.

Nature, music, books, creativity. Better than booze or drugs.

Worked at a zoo with no animals but one little dog.It was a schit- zou

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

Bill missed a golden opportunity there to reference some primates throwing their feces. “Who gets sh*tfaced at a zoo? I mean, other than the bratty kid who teased the wrong monkey?” Fixed it for ya ✌️

@@DontGoToHell what the hell does this racist screed have to do with the post?

@@DontGoToHell sounds like you need a drink pal

So people just drank more?

John Doe Hard to compare now with the 19thc.Then, people drank all day because they did hard labor and were in constant pain from chronic health conditions. Not to mention the frightful pain women had from constant pregnancy and giving birth to too many children with absolutely zero modern health care help.

@@jeffercinadams9026 old lists of the amount of drink monks, workers etc were to receive seems to indicate insane amounts of both liquid and alcohol. Like five to six litres of beer.

I'm thankful that someone else knows their history when it comes to the use of alcohol in the previous eras. Was about to type this same thing. Those ciders & ale were only like 1%-2% abv. Modern beers start at about 4%. Alcohol levels steadily rise in western nations as people seek to get drunk faster, & the insane cost of drinking while in social gatherings becomes astronomical. People want more alcohol for their dollar because a cocktail runs $16-$25 on average. In places like Japan, they still serve very low alcohol containing drinks in moderation, including some with extremely low abv to be enjoyed. I myself wouldn't mind some basic 3-4% ales while dining, but at $12-$18 for a pint, I end up drinking one at 8%.

@@andersbjrnsen7203 Monks brewed beer because they also didn't have clean water on hand regularly. Especially since they were typically shut in away from society. They also regularly fasted, which was strictly adhered to, & needed something high in calories that wasn't food. The monks believed alcohol was a blessing from God, & were at the forefront of brewing technology. Since fermentation was spontaneous, they felt the ale was blessed - not to mention the natural carbonation it produces. Some sects brewed strong ale to sell in order to support the church. Especially Trappist monks, who were far removed from it. Generally the beer they drank was watered down substantially, & low alcohol content. The several liters per day regulation was typically during fasting, but also shows some limits on moderation. Plus they couldn't drink all day, or their water supply would be gone rather quickly. You see alcohol used this way in many small towns, or places far from society like a ship. They had no understanding of bacteria or sickness, & just general knowledge that fermented barley malt & hops produced a sweet drink that gave them energy & was safe for consumption.

Same here. Was at a friend's house, woke up hungover, saw about 6 or 7 beers on the poker table and funneled them with an oil thing used for vehicles. No hangover except for having the runs.

How did we go from an evening if drinking when young, carefree & bounce back the next morning like nothing. To old & hung over on a Friday evening, means an entire weekend to recoup? I didn't sign up for this! Did any of you? 😂😂😂

If you never want a hang over do what I used to do, have a drink first thing in the morning!!

Same with me. Best of luck to you

That's cool. Genuinely. But....I gotta say, every time I think about cutting back on my drinking and I hear someone use the term "off the sauce" it makes me want to drink.... Everything about that term bothers me. THE SAUCE? Don't...say...that. It's so so weird. Just a tip. ;)

@@avedic it’s weird that you think that’s so weird. It’s weird to tell people not to use perfectly normal expressions because you think they’re weird. And that’s not what’s making you want to drink. It’s the alcoholism that’s to blame for that. Just a tip.

7 yrs here. I didnt think I would stop either.

Peace to you. All I really need is good music and good food.

^ this

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It’s not really the solution, that’s just what dummies tell themselves

I'm really, really sorry about this: "TO Alcohol, the cause OF, and solution to, all of life's problems." I just had to. I'm so very very sorry. The Pedantic Force runs strong in my family.

German version: Alcohol is not the answer, but it helps you to forget the question.

*- Albert Einstein

@@jeffbaer5851 Reads better that way too , the actual quote

“Drinking has ruined my life. I am 31 years old” Hans Moleman

Really? I’d say rock bottom is getting shit faced at the Penguinarium

And if you thought the food at Whole Foods was expensive

@New Life New Rules Peter O'Toole started drinking one night in Paris and woke up the next morning in Corsica... 1200 miles away, with no idea how that happened

@@johndanielson3777 Or a Walmart bathroom.

@@brockalbert5111 No, no. Don't confuse the people. They were doing meth at Walmart.

His writings are highly underrated

And he randomly bombed universities. Such a soothing soul.

4 drinks? Holy shit! 🤪🙄

@@LunsJail Transcontinental flights are long duration flights. Four drinks over several hours may not be as potent when spaced out. A flight from the East Coast to Europe can be eight hours or more.

I'm glad you made it out fam ...... I'm a law student seriously suffering from marijuana addiction but I hope to get out someday Love 💚 from Nigeria

Behavioral Therapy = Xanax

The pandemic is when many started.

Americans don't have a drinking problem. Corporations have a selling problem, alcohol = profits and that's all that matters to them. Anxiety is a serious issue for this country and we would be foolish to only blame ourselves for the problem.

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naawwww... it was so you could tolerate their crappy pizza. And a bunch of ugly people all under one roof.

Not the ones I went to.

@@HHH-ye1ro me neither.

Not here in Ohio in the 90s they did not.

Make it a 100 proof and I'll get my spoon :D

Dad jokes are strictly prohibited.

And we thought it was just Cosby...

oh god

Such a Plum job of the joke. But i guess when life gives you lemons, make the lemonade martini.

Fat,drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son - Animal House 1978

Mix that with a drinking problem and youve got a dangerous cocktail

I couldn't agree more.

@@itstrbo Mix that with guns everywhere and you've got a cocktail molotov

Let's clink a single-malt, 50-year scotch glass to the over-educated with critical thinking problems who are running the country.

It has economic problems, inequality, expensive medicine and lack of healthcare. Alcohol like any drug is a coping mechanism. You know, these are the things that a "communist" like Sanders would want to solve.

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

Utility companies, like enmax and Direct Energy have raised there prices every year, including gas going back up to over 133 per litre in Calgary. They're trying to bury people. No question.

Are these prices going up for nefarious reasons? Or is it possible that the population is rapidly increasing while non-renewable energy resources are becoming harder to extract?

@@DontGoToHell Another whinny boy...

Just keep on electing and reelecting them and you keep on getting what you keep on getting!

Good work and keep it going. No one nerds booze and there is literally no positive side to it.

Keep up the good work.

I hope you continue to be a sober adult. Your parents must be proud of you.

MAGA Rita.

I think he meant Kamala. Melania is long gone.

@@laurielewis2745 Gone where? Still married, isn't she?

Respect

Salut

I lost two uncles to alcohol when I was really young.. I noticed they weren't showing up at parties no more and I asked why and I was told.. I don't drink I have never had a drink I don't want to drink. Those two were the funniest men I've ever met in my family

Me too. Including my sister and my deceased father

I would guess that almost every family has a few alcoholics if you looked closely enough. Just some have a few more than others.

6 shots in? While you’re alone? That would definitely concern me…

Thanks,,,I needed to hear that today. 😊

I hear ya bro. Once I tried Carfentanil, I never went back to Alcohol.

@@judgegixxer is Carfentanil opioid derivative of Fentanyl????!!!!!! 😕

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Any type of drug you use to make you feel better will have diminishing return, and then it just becomes a pain in the ass to maintain. Everything in moderation.

OK, now cut it out entirely and let us know how it goes, lol. If you're still drinking, you're still drinking. Good work on the reduction but it's like a junkie bragging about only shooting up seasonally now.

@@catherineshaw1122 That is the dumbest thing that I have ever heard. Wouldn't expect more from someone that calls drug addicts junkies. People stigmatize others because they like to bully people that are different than them. Where do your morals come from? It seems like you don't have any. Why would doing drugs be immoral? An addict that only shoots up seasonally wouldn't have any physical dependency. That is a huge difference. People with zero knowledge of addiction love to talk about junkies as if they know something. A piece of shit bully on the internet. Morals when you ain't got none.

Yep, weed shops on every corner and liquor stores open even during the strictest lockdown phases.

That’s a clever joke…hope he was joking!!

Dean martin is the man. We need real entertainers like dean and sinatra and crosby back

@@allisonroberts1379 He was joking. Dean was actually a devoted family man and his drunk persona was a schtick for laughs

@@Chim510 😊!

He also said "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up and that's as good as their day ever gets".

Great comment. Ho ho ho ho ho.

@@SirLangsalot add a few 'es's to those hoes and we can definitely agree on something

That was likely the implication, yes :D

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

Slut shaming? What year is this?

And a government and media that is so corrupt that it is almost unbelievable but that is true in my country to and most European countries i think.. Wish i could believe what they are telling us but we can't so being of your head on drugs or alcohol is the only option.. Buy as much food and whatever else you need ! Love from Sweden

Even rich people drink. It’s a cultural thing.

My anxiety has plummeted since being approved for a mortgage. Coincidence? I think not. Give people economic security and alcohol consumption will fall.

@@phoenix5054 rich folks have anxiety too. For what I have no idea. My only anxiety is not enough money, stressing about bills.

Dont forget Trump.

@Brey That idea is comically stupid. It is like trying to fly two Zeppelin sized ego's through a keyhole... will never happen...

Even more than that, it is the attitude towards smoking, alcohol and drugs that is causing this epidemic. I have all the situations and symptoms you mention (except boredom), but I have never thought of using any of those poisons. Humans are too susceptible to suggestion, and if these ills are presented as "cool" or "OK", and then advertised and made available everywhere, it is no surprise that masses will fall for it. As for the boredom part, people need to try doing something good, right or useful, and they will find their hands full, with hardly any free time. If they try to do something stupid, bad or useless, there is so much of it surrounding them that there is not much left to do. Increasing (useful) knowledge can really help against boredom.

There comes a time when you drink long enough your body skips the fun buzz phase.

Loneliness, anxiety, boredom, depression, the main root cause for all these things is a lack of self control or discipline

@@FriedrichBarb Hmm, anxiety and depression may be physiological ailments beyond one’s control for some folks, or at least alleviatable with prescription meds.

@@aroundandround Yes some pills do help a lot since I know much family and friends who it’s helped from experience, but it’s foolish to rely solely on pills and not change your way of life that makes you unhappy, or focusing on becoming more disciplined or strong minded, which is more important than medication in my opinion

This is true. But the beer the common folk drank back then was "small beer" which had a much lower alcohol content than the 5 to 8% ABV beer you see on shelves today. I guess a person could theoretically get buzzed from small beer but it would require some serious quaffing over a short period of time.

Quite a few modern municipalities still have the same problem with the water.

2001 when my first was born same reason I couldn’t care for my kids being hung over

@@PeterApgar True we've made everything stronger then it ever was by "perfecting" things we only made them worse for us.

@@Halloween111 and that's a sad fucking state of affairs but yeah let's not tax corporations to fix that or anything 🙄. I don't get people or even the things passing as people that run corps. If you keep poisoning your workforce eventually they gonna die off and you can't make $$. Birth rates are down and so is sperm count from all the poison who's gonna replace us? Oh forgot machines duh...

Awesome! Congratulations!! I had 77 months yesterday. BEST THING I"VE EVER DONE, next to stopping smoking.

Way to go ! It gets better!!

I have a tip for you. Get a healthy hobby, one where you are too busy to drink. Joining a gym and becoming focused on your health and making “gains” will help you focus away from the alcohol. Depending on where you live, you could do anything, like rock climbing, ice rock climbing, surfing, diving, or any other hobby that requires your complete sobriety. You got this!

I did find myself drinking during the week all the time. I stopped it. It was making me feel so sick and unhealthy. I still have a couple of glasses of wine during the weekend but even that I am trying to slow down. I have even lost weight! Good for you!!!💯

We have that saying, too - "one is too many and a hundred's not enough." Although that's usually understood to refer to shots rather than bottles.

Russia is not even the worst. South Korea has bigger alcohol problems. They also have elderly killing themselves because they feel they are a burden to the economy

In some Russian villages Vodka is cleaner and safer to drink than their tap water.

Many people in this country love Putin. I would like to see them go to Russia and find out what he is really all about.

jerome dragun ..I would love to meet V. Putin.

I hope they get you ..!! less preaching from your kind , on what to do with my life...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'd stay home and get drunk. I don't have anywhere to go.

Aww what lovely virtue signaling. f off

Lol you guys! 🤣

33 years for me, the best decision

@Daniel Dalton that's awesome brother, way too go! Quitting drinking is no easy task. God bless you, today and always! 🙏♥

@@guybartlett9587 stopped drinking in 1992 and haven't missed it at all. What was interesting though was the invites to parties started dying out as word got around. I'd go to a party, the host would ask, drink? I'd reply coffee or water. Oh, you're not drinking? Yes, coffee or water are drinks. Host: No I mean a beer or spirit, everyone else is having alcohol. Me: that's fine, I'm not stopping them, I just don't drink alcohol anymore. After about 6 months the invites stopped. Didn't get my coffee or water, so started taking my own bottled water.

@@slatibaadfast Yeah they hate when you're not part of club silly. Good for you. I don't drink and haven't for a few years now. I feel so much better about everything.

@@slatibaadfast I would rather drop into a nice juicy wave than drop my glass! Just made that up... Keep it up my friend.

He was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Lol

It's cirrhosis of the liver.

@@carultch, someone hasn’t got a sense of humor.

@@willieholmes1483 I thought the OP legitimately didn't know what word he was saying.

Yeah, I can live with the hushed pants of the couple behind me that just took off theirs but booze is where I draw the line.

I remember the first time I saw a bar at my local movie theater I was like "wtf..."

@ItsStillRealToMe DamnIt I can pause the movie at home to take a piss I'm not going pay of fortune for a movie at the theater and then miss part of it, but then I stopped going to the theater anyway since people can't manage to stay off of their phones for 2 hours.

The last movie I ever saw at a theater was Joker. After that emotional gauntlet, I needed a beer. That's the only time I've ever had use for a movie theater bar.

It's because we've become empty inside as a culture. The wholesome joys of life have been thrown aside as " uncool" or your labeled a goody two shoes. If you don't drink, your accused of being childish.

How many glasses are you drinking now?

That's quite a bit, not quit a bit.Quit abit is what you might want to do .

Just smoke a joint. So much better for you.

*quite

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

Congratulations!

Way to stick it to the alcohol industry. Those greedy fuckers rely on getting people hooked

I quit cold turkey back in ‘15. I do get cravings sometimes when I hear a great song on a sunny day to drink some beer but I’ve got too many people depending on me nowadays. Besides, those hangovers were mutherfuckers!

@@exciteddemonstrator9150 Every industry out there is out to get you hooked. That's how business works. The more people they manage to get addicted to their products, the more profit. People are also stupid as fuck getting addicted to tobacco, spending loads of money just to kill themselves quicker and send them off to an early grave. I mean how stupid is that?

Congrats man !

He does pop BS.

Anyone see history of cocaine????? Hbo 10 years ago...

The civi war one was brilliant in various ways

Darin, you should definitely check out Burns' Prohibition series, it's one of his best. I also highly recommend his Vietnam series.

@@donofon101 good for him. The shelby foote parts are quite disturbing in that he claims slavery was on the way out in the south yet fails to mention that 99.99999 percent of the southern citizenry believed "blacks" were fundamentally inferior to "whites" . nevertheless the documentary is well worth watching.

A permanent law passed where our wages go up if our Employers raise prices (Inflation)! $15 an hour now, and $20 an hour by 2030! TAX THE RICH!

And I guarantee Bill Maher is NOT in favour of that...

Seriously they canceled mine without notice or warning, their online services are down and the don't pick up the phone so that I can get answers. I swear I don't drink but I don't blame those who do, this country is a mess.

@@kellibarnhouse6591 We had a similar system here in Italy, it was called "scala mobile" (escalator). It worked from 1945 (first partially, then for all salaries) to 1984 when the government started to cut it, and then eliminated it in 1992. It worked, helping massively the spending power of working class families... but inflation was HUGE and destroyed any savings. So people with savings (especially rich people) won the debate, you know, the Eighties, Reagan-Thatcher ecc

@@jakobbauz in the Italian Constitution of 1947 health is a right and the Republic guarantees helthcare to the needy. So the principle is great, and almost nobody go bankrupt for medical expenses. The real healthcare service have some issues however... The national healthcare system was at first very centralized and somewhat inefficient, especially in the poorest parts of Italy. Then around 2000 a big federalist reform was made, and now all 20 regions have big power on their local system. Instead of solving the problems this made a mess and worsened the differences between rich and poor parts of Italy. Local healthcare systems are also a frequent place of corruption for local politicians and businessmen. Rightwing politicians, especially in the rich parts of Italy, try to copy the US, favoring private hospitals and helthcare insurances, and this was a common political debate point: "The public system is obsolete, we need few great advanced private hospitals like the US" "No, we need more and better public hospitals and less corruption" Then Covid... And the mess of having multiple healtcare systems became apparent. Sometimes the rich regions that chose big private hospitals were the worst, having destroied the public system to save money. ... and somethimes the poorer regions had no money for their public hospitals needing the Army. Now we will invest billions in public healtcare, I hope we do it right.

@Patrick J Mims, I agree with that. Alcohol and THC? 🤔 Totally different. Their effects upon mind and biology couldn't be more different from each other. 🍎🍊✌

@Patrick J Mims all weed makes me unsocial, a bit paranoid...just want to crawl under the covers...and this applies to sativa too give me alcohol and molly any day

I noticed Gummies help me not drink too. Yeah different. But I like gummies better now anyway. And yes - dead on - it’s the anxiety in society today. And it’s not changing anytime soon.

For many people, one of those alleviates anxiety and the other exacerbates it

@@AlwaysIndoors Pot brings on severe anxiety attacks in some people, and is definitely not the harmless substance some people believe it is.

I think that he is more referring to the particular problem that the USA faces. A culture of seeing becoming drunk as the end goal of drinking. It is a very different outlook from that of Europe. There are few people in Europe who, when out drinking with their friends, are “keeping score”, trying to out drink those they are with, doing things like “chugging” drinks (attempting to down an entire drink in one draught).

I think it's normal around the world to drink a beer/wine with lunch, even in the US, even though most people don't generally do it. For me it's friday lunch thing, if I do it at all. The difference is when you start putting bars at wholefoods and fast food restaurants.

@slider2699 Almost. He looks at alcohol, like it's a recreational substance, or a "drug" if you will. Which weed is also, but not in the same degree.

Nonchalant attitudes such as yours, PetroleumPelle, encourage others to drink alcohol to excess. Thanks. Stay in Europe or go back there.

@@paulppchristman5827 No. Recreational substances are not the problem. It's the education about them and knowing your limits that's the problem. Not a glass of wine with food, which weirdly enough actually has some longevity benefits if you also eat healthy.

Is that any different in any other country in the world? I would argue that Europeans tend to maintain a better work/life balance, but the rules have always been the same in every country. If you are not the lead dog, the view never changes. You just spend all day looking that the ass of the dog in front of you.

That's really true dear. @Karen's Gummer 😊

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

@@DontGoToHell You sound brain washed by fox news.

....and watch this.

@@DontGoToHell with climate change, increased pigment gives an evolutionary advantage. Get over it.

@@DontGoToHell sunshine = wHiTe gEnOciDe

Where and how do you think Trey and Matt came up with that idea?

Or Los Angeles…

In Louisiana you can get daiquiris at a drive through.

Well...I'll draw the line at free beer in the gun store...

We don't have bars in supermarkets where I live, but one chain does have a restaurant associated with it, and they serve liquor.

Spot on. My mother never had booze in the house when I was growing up, or for years after. Now, she has a fully stocked bar at home. She's 74, retired and financially comfortable for 20 years. She laughs it off as being part of the fun of being retired, while drinking and ingesting cannabis edibles. She's the child of an alcoholic with a drug addict brother and still thinks it's all fine. Very sad. In general, I see drinking being not just accepted but expected.

Everything would be my guess.

You got that right.

I shot a shit load of bottles during the pandemic.

i have 2 guns and plenty of bullets here at the house. going on 12 years and funny thing, neither one of them have come out of their drawer and started shooting people. so weird!

@@Teh_Chosen_Juan -- I'm guessing you were trying for some sort of humor? Or were you hoping for some sort of Good Boy Award for not shooting people? Or was this some odd attempt to say guns do all the shooting, and not people?

Ya think? :D

If I recall correctly, at leats 50% of Americanss live paycheck to paycheck. That's quite a source of stress and anxiety right there if you're only one incident away from being in debt or bancrupt.

Not sure it is "worse" for you, it just kills you far quicker when it gets out of control. Then again, if the choice was dying slowly from cancer or quickly from liver failure... I would probably take quickly. At least alcohol is a pain killer in the meantime...

@@redbaron6805 lol look up what dying from cirrhosis is like. You get a pregnant stomach, are in incredible pain all the time and turn yellow/green. My uncle died from it and after slowing decaying for about a year his body identified his blood as poisonous and he bled out in the ER from his eyes, ears, mouth, ass, etc. They dont give livers to people who drink unless you wanna take your chances in Mexico

@@bballjulien I don't doubt for a second it can be a horrible death, but have you seen people with cancer where they remove their voice box and you have to breath through a tube while your body falls apart? Both are horrible deaths for sure. I'm not sure anyone would really want to choose one over the other....

@@redbaron6805 my grandpa died of lung cancer I know its terrible but alcohol also destroys your mind and depleats uour body of all minerals and vitamins it needs to function properly. You get early onset dementia and start having psychotic breaks and hallucinations. Look up someone with "wet brain" its fucked up

Omg, that's so sad.

This is so sad. I’m so sorry to hear this :(

@@tinaroberts5858 Yeah it's awful, and she has a little kid... COVID did a number on people's mental health, and we already didn't take mental health seriously enough here BEFORE covid. =(

People are also slowly killing themselves with drugs and cigarettes as well but they don't give a damn because it's cool and fun to destroy your body with substance abuse, no matter what that substance may be. Whether it be alcohol, cocaine, opium, nicotine, or heroine they don't care. And I know someone is gonna argue the point that their lives probably suck and they need a coping mechanism, and yes I agree, but that coping mechanism shouldn't be killing yourself faster than life naturally is already.

I have always said that the biggest cause of my drinking is other people

That is because people have different personalities when they are drunk. Some people are happy drunk, some people are mellow drunk, and some people are angry caveman drunk and want to fight everyone around them. If you the first two, you will be fine. The last one.... not so much. Knowing your other personality helps to determine where you should be drinking, and if you should drink at all...

Alcohol lowers inhibitions. Whatever you're holding back, you'll see more of it when you're drunk.

Distilled sugar? Distilled sugar is just syrup. In an alcoholic beverage sugar is converted to alcohol by fermentation. A little chemistry for you.

It's a coping mechanism. The fault starts elsewhere.

Alcohol is a fermented sugar and distillation just concentrates and purifies it.

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

Uh, no it isn’t. In fact distilled spirits have far less and most of time zero sugar in them.

*other drugs. Alcohol is a drug too. It just culturally doesn't get that label because it's legal and commonplace.

Yep, even weed.

@@catherineshaw1122 I can’t stand how weed has become so normalized. It still screws with your mental health and it’s definitely addictive. The people who tell you that “it’s not addictive” can’t stop themselves and are always soulless potheads who look 20 years older than they really are.

@@GIJew amen to that, it has been marketed very well and has everyone convinced that it's spiritual, lol.

Whole Foods stores always had a restaurant with a bar, that is nothing new.

Maybe it was other people that made you nervous, and when you had much less contact with them during the pandemic it actually made things better, and hence less drinking?

Same with me Pandemic made me quit liquor

Less stress?🤔

@@elizabethcook8217 less company

Vanilla extract, brother

Dude, savage ...

@@mt-zf6xp I was wondering why Tom Hanks c. 1983 was rifling through my pantry!

😂😂😂

😉 Likewise... 👌💭💭💭✌

I've never had to apologize to anyone the next morning when I smoke a joint. I don't have to re-key my vehicles because I lost my keys. I never wash my phone in my washer anymore and I'm not hanging out in the number one place you can find trouble. The bar. Weed is for focus and booze is good if you feel like punishing yourself and those around you. Every sip you take your feeding a greedy government and that's the number one reason I quit. They want you drunk enough to go along with all the main stream lies.

@@mauricecardinalgrowing1014 I lost my truck twice in the past during drinking years....not that I would have had any business driving. Once I found it in a pay to park surface lot at least 2 miles from where I completed my binge....the following day. Second time I lost it nearish Wrigley field in Chicago (tons of bars in area). That time I gave up, took a train home, assembled a handful of friends the following day, we drove down, got drunk again and proceeded to scour the area looking for my xterra (back when every third person had an xterra). After about 3 hours, possibly more, I found it about a couple of miles southwest of where I finished drinking that night. No rhyme or reason. I think at least once I probably parked it and then grabbed a cab to my destination. Dangerous nonsense and I'm blessed to have never harmed someone.

Ironically, Tom Waits is sober and in recovery.

He got it from Fred Allen

@@joeohara3447 And Fred Allen got it from WC Fields

@@eddenoy321 and he got it from Jesus 🤣

@@joeohara3447 and Jesus got it from Buddha.

I'm Russian, too. Half of my family is dead from alcohol related trauma and liver disease. We've been in the USA since 1906, so it may be in the genes. Since most Russians refuse to seek medical attention for anything, we seldom visit doctors for the treatment of depression and tend to self-treat at home with the Stolichnaya.

Same with Irish communities.

I drink mainly for anxiety. Being at the zoo where there's a ton of people sounds like a place I'd want a drink

How are you doing Jay

Ultimately drinking causes anxiety worse

It’s the reason I drink for the most part, honestly. Not proud of it but it is what it is.

Anxiety is an excuse for pussies

As someone who used to work in a therapy office, I can attest to that. I can also attest that drinking may well be more effective...

@@Robert_Westwood I hope you're kidding. Drugs and therapy are both shite.

Nothing like a pithy joke to distract from functional alcoholism.

@@catherineshaw1122 are you some kind of tea-totaller?...

@@Robert_Westwood lol, I don't drink or take drugs. No idea wtf you're talking about. That's called being healthy. Are you some sort of addict?

"I never met me a angry pot smoker." -Robin Williams. Sadly, Robin never met members of my family.

@@JnEricsonx I haven’t met any angry pot smokers but I’ve met plenty of lazy ones

You also won't accomplish anything that night (at a minimum), you'll smell fucking awful (and that smell will linger long after you're done), and frankly you'll just be annoying to be around for anyone who isn't stoned out of their mind. But sure, you won't get in a fight, totally worth.

@@DavidRamseyIII potheads can't spare the energy for anger.

That is very much an oversimplification. Wealthy people drink and poor people drink. Alcoholism affects people from all economic and cultural backgrounds and in poor countries along with rich countries. In fact, drinking is a social event in many cultures and has nothing to do with the the future.

Solid theory. In English villages, where everyone drinks loads, they at least have a town hall for community activities that don't include booze. In the US, we added more booze to bowling alleys, lol. Seems nothing here lasts, business wise, without it. I've seen dry cleaners with a happy hour, not kidding.

Yeah colbert is a worry. He uses any excuse to drink. Whether or not he's slipped into being alcoholic, he impacts others by promoting it as you say.

Did you watch this segment till the end though?

Yep, he drinks a lot.

@@wordzmyth I bet it’s all just a bad modeling job. I don’t think he drinks at all, or only slightly at home, is my bet. Just salesman$#!*

So what’s the problem? If you can’t handle alcohol, that’s on you.

same way you seem to be getting through the biden era, by being delusional.

@@mylittlepkle1714 Sure, because a good economy and not having a fascist idiot making a fool of the country every day is so awful.

mylittlepkle 1 That's apparently your problem, your pickle is little. Get over it and broaden your data base. Stop looking at your disappointing crotch and turn your gaze outward to our collective American culture.

@@Alamito24 lol the trump derangement syndrome label really applies so much better to supporters than his critics.

@Edward Pincus Yes, the trump error was brutal.

On point!

Crikey! 🇦🇺

Yeah fuckin really