When we covered this in athropology it was expressed that drinking used to be more frequent and part of the culture.
In recent years drinking has become more and more frowned upon versus more extreme.
Although there does seem to be a correlation between drinking becoming less frequent and standard in every day life and the degree of drinking. For example, people that didn't grow up with wine at dinner being more likely to drink heavier during social occassions.
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Originally posted by AngieWashU
I would argue that the attitude about drinking has changed in the last couple hundred years and that drinking to excess (embarrassing drunken behavior, sickness, blackouts and death) is a relatively new phenomenon.
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