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Alcohol problems in Waterford and Ireland

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  • #52
    ComfyKnickers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 353 ✭✭ComfyKnickers


    spankmemunkey wrote: »
    I wouldnt just blame parents for drinking in front of kids, what i mean by that is in relation to a society thats already crippled by alcohol maybe we shouldnt enforce an already increasing trend.

    By parents I also mean by educating your kids and teaching them properly and setting a good example, I simply see it as being very hypocritical to tell them you shouldnt drink alcohol till your 18 at least and then do it in moderation etc etc and then i head off into the kitchen and open a bottle of wine and sit down and get drunk in front of them.

    People will drink regardless, but we need to limit the next generations exposure to the normality of drinking alcohol and it needs to be done on several fronts in schools on TV in advertising and in the home, hopefully this will reduce alcohols exposure, Its clearly the thing to do for the majority of kids still.

    What was that joke Des Bishop said, He as some of you may not know is a recovering alcoholic and was sent to Ireland to get away from his demons, and he recalled it was like sending someone to an alcoholics version of Disney Land. He also joked that in america you have a problem and in Ireland your a pussy!

    My general point was to reduce the exposure kids are getting and it should start at home and with parents.


    Seeing as I was the one who mentioned having a bottle of wine at home at weekends and explaining moderation to my kids, I really have to pull you up on basically calling me a hypocrite!

    Firstly, I am an adult so it is not hypocritical to tell my children not to drink until they are 18 and then drink myself. I am over 18.

    I, and most of my friends who have a drink at home over the weekends, do drink in moderation. I sit down watching TV while enjoying two, maybe three glasses of wine. (I don't even do it every weekend!) I look and act no different than I would if I had a glass of 7up in front of me. I am usually only in the company of my husband so it's not like I've the entire street in doing the Macarena around the house while we fill up our wheelie bin with empties! I do not "get drunk" at home, I enjoy a drink, there's a big difference! I could be wrong but I would have thought most people who have a drink at home over the weekends are the same?? (i.e. sit on the couch the way you would any other night of the week only this time with a glass of wine or bottle of beer in front of you!). This is drinking in moderation as far as I'm concerned and again, not hypocritical at all.

    I'm curious as to what other posters think??


  • #53
    deisemum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,682 ✭✭✭deisemum


    ComfyKnickers wrote: »
    Seeing as I was the one who mentioned having a bottle of wine at home at weekends and explaining moderation to my kids, I really have to pull you up on basically calling me a hypocrite!

    Firstly, I am an adult so it is not hypocritical to tell my children not to drink until they are 18 and then drink myself. I am over 18.

    I, and most of my friends who have a drink at home over the weekends, do drink in moderation. I sit down watching TV while enjoying two, maybe three glasses of wine. (I don't even do it every weekend!) I look and act no different than I would if I had a glass of 7up in front of me. I am usually only in the company of my husband so it's not like I've the entire street in doing the Macarena around the house while we fill up our wheelie bin with empties! I do not "get drunk" at home, I enjoy a drink, there's a big difference! I could be wrong but I would have thought most people who have a drink at home over the weekends are the same?? (i.e. sit on the couch the way you would any other night of the week only this time with a glass of wine or bottle of beer in front of you!). This is drinking in moderation as far as I'm concerned and again, not hypocritical at all.

    I'm curious as to what other posters think??


    I agree with you, though I rarely drink especially at home. I think it also shows how to drink in moderation and not drinking to get drunk.


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