One of the reasons that being in good physical shape is important in some countries is so you can walk home if you stay out drinking past the last train. But here I think a lot of people here think that people should not be going out. People in other developed countries make more trips in an average day than do most Americans. Having to take a two ton hunk of steel with you whenever you go anywhere is a huge burden. Now most of those extra trips are not to drink, but that is one of the reasons people leave the house. And in most of those countries, the alcoholism rate is going down.
Maybe too many Americans are driving to the liquor store and drinking alone.
All this was inspired by a viewing of Wanda Sykes: Tongue Untied on Netflix which I strongly recommend. I live in a community where drunk driving is a chronic problem that most people ignore, and so her honesty was a breath of fresh air.
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