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Postby canman » Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:08 am

Now that Hanami season is at its zenith, I thought this video from CNN was interesting talking about trying to diagnose alcoholism before it gets out of control. According to the quick questionnaire, if a man has had more than 4 full drinks in one outing or evening, they are at risk of becoming alcoholics. Does that mean that 80% of the men in this country are raging alcoholics? 4 drinks in one outing seems to be a very low threshold for determining if you are susceptible to alcoholism. Anyway here is the link to the video.
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2009/04/14/alcoholism.definition.risk.cnn
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Postby Visitor K » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:48 am

canman wrote:Does that mean that 80% of the men in this country are raging alcoholics?


in japan? yes.
hell i was only there for three years and it turned me into one, i cant imagine what living my entire life there would do.
but really, i would say that by american standards, japan does have a high rate of alcoholism, but there seemed to be more functional alcoholics there than in the states.. of course its easier to be a functioning alcoholic when they allow you to puke anywhere you want.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:09 pm

Shit, if Japanese men are alcoholics, what does that make Korean men?

Anyway, I think the more important question for expats is does Asia make a lot of us semi-functional alcoholics or do a lot of semi-functional alcoholics make it to Asia.
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Postby Mulboyne » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:11 pm

Samurai_Jerk wrote:...Anyway, I think the more important question for expats is does Asia make a lot of us semi-functional alcoholics or do a lot of semi-functional alcoholics make it to Asia.

Time to recall the words of Marie Tsukuda from her book "Memoirs of a Stripper":
I always thought the reason I drank so much was because I was stuck in Japan. It never dawned on me the reason I was stuck in Japan was because I drank so much.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:16 pm

Mulboyne wrote:Time to recall the words of Marie Tsukuda from her book "Memoirs of a Stripper":


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Postby Greji » Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:33 pm

canman wrote:Now that Hanami season is at its zenith, I thought this video from CNN was interesting talking about trying to diagnose alcoholism before it gets out of control. According to the quick questionnaire, if a man has had more than 4 full drinks in one outing or evening, they are at risk of becoming alcoholics.


This is bullshit. I refuse to cut back to four measly drinks an evening just to see if I can be evaluated as to whether or not I'm an alcoholic...

Barkeep, bring us another round!
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