Sara Kamfjord: "I thought it was weird going out to the pub to have one or two beers.". Binge drinking drove me out of Britain - The Guardian That says the way is open. In part, I don't blame . Last Friday however, on the last day of the heatwave, I decided to break that and met some friends in the park. Will you be celebrating the King's Coronation? My friends drink and i'm happy to hang around with them when they're dunk. Today, average consumption per adult is about 9.7 litres of pure alcohol per year - or about 18 units a week. Since reaching a peak in the mid-2000s, consumption has been falling steadily - especially among young people. Eating happens later and goes on for hours. Its not to say that other countries dont drink as much as we do Spain, Italy and France, for instance, have a culture of drinking wine with food. I hate our attitude towards Europe. Even though I have seen a couple of people drunk, I have never seen any aggression. The French drink to savour the flavours and to enhance their food. Peter, 62. And they dont get messy or rowdy. I trust them completely to do the right thing. The nation stood atop Peak Booze, and my generation was drinking the most. Drunk and disorderly behaviour was a feature of the situation in Bournemouth the other week which was declared a major incident by police when people flocked to the beach. Japans alcohol safety guidelines seem roughly around the same as my home country [the UK]. Are my subjects fine for a psych degree at a top uni? Drinking in a pub Not that different from relaxing with a cuppa, really. We dont know whether the decline will continue. Back in the UK, no one considered my drinking out of the ordinary. There's a lot of things Americans do better than Brits: fried food, patriotism, political outrage. I remember being methodical: pick one up, give it a shake to see if theres anything inside and, if there is, drink! "The randomness of drinking here if its sunny outside on a Tuesday afternoon, its, 'Fine, let's go for a pint.'". 10 reasons why living in the UK sucks (and why I would love to leave) As we took it in turn to get our rounds in, everyone commented on how slowly I was drinking. My career has been in both public and private sector, in procurement and commercial roles, latterly in leadership positions. Lager spread around the world, but British drinkers of the time stuck to their home-brewed pale ales. In short, drinking is overrated and when one of your parents is an alkie, it does change the way you look at alcohol. Its why I heavily reduced my drinking in the first place. In British pubs, where theres no table service, rounds are practical as well as sociable. Its more social than in Norway, because you go out after a working day and meet up with your friends for one or two beers, then go home. A Medium publication focused on Work, Freelancing, Money and Life Advice. "It irritates me when others (particularly Americans) go on about British food being terrible." by . Relatively little changed in the two decades after 'The Pub and the People' was. But when Britain experienced unusually hot summers in 1975 and 1976, the refreshment angle gelled. What culture shocks do you think people would have if they came to your hometown? It was preparing to target a new generation of drinkers, and would go on to transform the places Brits drank in. I'm 47 and am coming round to this way of thinking too. Drinking culture in England: Drink as much as possible, punch someone, shag someone, puke, fall asleep in a donner kebab!
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