Comments on: Are you an alcoholic? http://boakandbailey.com/2007/12/31/are-you-an-alcoholic/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:29:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ally http://boakandbailey.com/2007/12/31/are-you-an-alcoholic/#comment-605 Ally Tue, 20 May 2008 05:48:56 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=375#comment-605 This is fascinating, and something I thought about only after a medical exam here where I was asked how much I drank and I couldn't really say, and then I started to worry. In America AA takes the (inadequate) place of services provided via the NHS here in the UK. Since there is no public health care, people heal themselves in resourceful ways. It's no wonder AA resembles something of a cultish church, albeit a necessary one. I have noticed a very different attitude about drinking in the UK; it is more accepted as part of life. This is fascinating, and something I thought about only after a medical exam here where I was asked how much I drank and I couldn’t really say, and then I started to worry.

In America AA takes the (inadequate) place of services provided via the NHS here in the UK. Since there is no public health care, people heal themselves in resourceful ways. It’s no wonder AA resembles something of a cultish church, albeit a necessary one. I have noticed a very different attitude about drinking in the UK; it is more accepted as part of life.

]]> By: Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog http://boakandbailey.com/2007/12/31/are-you-an-alcoholic/#comment-604 Boak and Bailey's UK beer blog Mon, 19 May 2008 21:55:04 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=375#comment-604 [...] There are two problems with this campaign. Firstly, it features one of the most seductive pints of lager I’ve ever seen in my life and had me craving lager at 7am when I saw it on breakfast telly. (Time to wonder about being an alcoholic again?) [...] [...] There are two problems with this campaign. Firstly, it features one of the most seductive pints of lager I’ve ever seen in my life and had me craving lager at 7am when I saw it on breakfast telly. (Time to wonder about being an alcoholic again?) [...]

]]> By: boakandbailey.com » Blog Archive » A little drink is good for you… again http://boakandbailey.com/2007/12/31/are-you-an-alcoholic/#comment-603 boakandbailey.com » Blog Archive » A little drink is good for you… again Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:59:29 +0000 http://boakandbailey.com/?p=375#comment-603 [...] hot on the heels of Boak’s somewhat gloomy musings about alcoholism, new research shows that a bit of booze and a bit of exercise is the right mix — [...] [...] hot on the heels of Boak’s somewhat gloomy musings about alcoholism, new research shows that a bit of booze and a bit of exercise is the right mix — [...]

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