rooster59 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Drinking can be deadly By Nation Graphic Up to 3 million people worldwide die from the effects of alcohol annually. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30370367 -- © Copyright The Nation 2019-06-01 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post madmitch Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 Do they really need to tell us that 100% of deaths from alcohol-reelated disorders are caused by alcohol? 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 11 minutes ago, madmitch said: Do they really need to tell us that 100% of deaths from alcohol-reelated disorders are caused by alcohol? That's for the hard-of-learning. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 so can walking across the street, so can renting a condo anything higher than the second floor, so can holidaying on Koh Tao, so can para-sailing in Phuket get the point .. 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post steven100 Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 I need another drink ... hic ...hic ... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 30la Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 If I die because of the alcohol I drank, it's not a bad death, certainly better than death from cancer caused by dirt in the air! By the way: Not drinking is definitely deadly!???? 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smedly Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I feel an alcohol duty increase coming very soon if Thailand was actually worried about deaths of its citizens they would do something about the carnage on the roads - the world No1 Hub of road deaths and accidents - a record to be proud of, problem is it costs money to do something about it - Subs are more important not to mention the massive corruption The only the police ever bag on the roads are bodies instead of bagging the lawbreakers while in the act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watcharacters Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 1 minute ago, smedly said: f Thailand was actually worried about deaths of its citizens they would do something about the carnage on the roads - the world No1 Hub of road deaths and accidents - a record to be proud of, problem is it costs money to do something about it - Subs are more important not to mention the massive corruption I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for any change... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, smedly said: I feel an alcohol duty increase coming very soon There is a lot of very cheap alcohol consumed by Thais and surely it would be best to tax that heavily (a tax targeted at the main cause....apart from the stupidity) BUT the chances are that the likes of wine will also suffer if an increase occurs!! Not good for the likes of wine lovers who already suffer from an overtaxed product. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Alcohol addicts do not want to hear their drug is dangerous, and most people who aren't addicts and are literate, have tapered right off. Like the tobacco lobby, millions were spent trying to suppress the health information but people are starting to wise up that alcohol is the worst drug of all. Trouble is that in some countries, getting pissed is their national sport and it's hard for kids to grow up without it being forced down their throats with peer pressure. Then if alcoholism runs in their families it only takes a few sessions for the start of a lifetime of addiction and eventual misery. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RJRS1301 Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 1 hour ago, 30la said: If I die because of the alcohol I drank, it's not a bad death, certainly better than death from cancer caused by dirt in the air! By the way: Not drinking is definitely deadly!???? MM having seen people die because alcoholic liver disease, (when nursing) I would not be certain that it is "not a bad death" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natway09 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I will drink & not drive. The odds are better here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoon Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, smedly said: I feel an alcohol duty increase coming very soon if Thailand was actually worried about deaths of its citizens they would do something about the carnage on the roads - the world No1 Hub of road deaths and accidents - a record to be proud of, problem is it costs money to do something about it - Subs are more important not to mention the massive corruption The only the police ever bag on the roads are bodies instead of bagging the lawbreakers while in the act They are more comfortable promoting abstinence.......it is a Buddha no-no. Bad driving not really covered by the precepts, as it is difficult to identify deliberation rather than carelessness/stupidity/incompetence/irresponsibility as the cause of the resultant harm (deliberate harm a no-no). A lot of things get "dismissed" in their culture/society because of their rooted, historical......."tenets"? We have different historical/philosophical roots which, although many think they have moved on from them, still exercise an extremely powerful influence (often unacknowledged or ignored) on the Western way of "being". We do not have their history (and do not want it), they do not have ours (or want it). We're different. We have different social/cultural "DNA". It will take a long time before we "coalesce". Edited June 1, 2019 by Enoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balo Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Yes we all know that, but if you drink one glass of beer (b-vitamin) and one glass of wine (antioxidants) daily it can be healthy, not deadly. You just have to remember: Only one glass. Repeat after me : One glass. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 You know what's even more deadly than drinking? Breathing oxygen. Aerobic respiration produces free radicals which damage and degrade the body - people who breath oxygen have a 100% mortality rate. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SteveK Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, balo said: Yes we all know that, but if you drink one glass of beer (b-vitamin) and one glass of wine (antioxidants) daily it can be healthy, not deadly. You just have to remember: Only one glass. Repeat after me : One glass. That's not true - didn't you know that you can drink a bottle of red as long as you drink a bottle of white immediately afterwards, the two cancel themselves out leaving you feeling great. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 I would have thought that wine related alcohol deaths are at an all time low here for some reason???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revup Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 4 hours ago, madmitch said: Do they really need to tell us that 100% of deaths from alcohol-reelated disorders are caused by alcohol? The sum of all other causes is actually 219 percent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo369 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, SteveK said: That's not true - didn't you know that you can drink a bottle of red as long as you drink a bottle of white immediately afterwards, the two cancel themselves out leaving you feeling great. Gonna try that one tonight ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atyclb Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 1 hour ago, RJRS1301 said: 2 hours ago, 30la said: If I die because of the alcohol I drank, it's not a bad death, certainly better than death from cancer caused by dirt in the air! By the way: Not drinking is definitely deadly!???? MM having seen people die because alcoholic liver disease, (when nursing) I would not be certain that it is "not a bad death" if you worked with alcoholics then you know it is a losing battle trying to reason with them (self deluded in denial) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revup Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Worldwide, 3 million is apparently 1 in 20, giving a total population of 60 million. Of that number, 2.3 billion are regular drinkers. Huh? Also, there are about 540,000 minutes in a year. So 3 million people dying a year is a lot closer to, uh, lets see, ah yes, they are right about that one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pique Dard Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 what a scoop! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wgdanson Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 2 hours ago, balo said: Yes we all know that, but if you drink one glass of beer (b-vitamin) and one glass of wine (antioxidants) daily it can be healthy, not deadly. You just have to remember: Only one glass. Repeat after me : One glass. How big can the glass be please? LOL 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Are the rather slow, uninformed pundits in Thailand just discovering this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jollyhangmon Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 2 hours ago, balo said: Yes we all know that, but if you drink one glass of beer (b-vitamin) and one glass of wine (antioxidants) daily it can be healthy, not deadly. You just have to remember: Only one glass. Repeat after me : One glass. ... yes master, Only One Glass ... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CGW Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 14 minutes ago, wgdanson said: How big can the glass be please? LOL Dont be greedy one a day is ample! Cheers 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sniggie Posted June 1, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2019 To quote a friend of mine. "I don't want to have the healthiest liver in the graveyard". 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeycu Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) 1 glass a day, can I partake in next years quota today? Edited June 1, 2019 by monkeycu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritManToo Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, madmitch said: Do they really need to tell us that 100% of deaths from alcohol-reelated disorders are caused by alcohol? In the words of the immortal philosopher René Descartes "I drink, therefore I am" The Philosopher's drinking song, by Monty Python. Edited June 1, 2019 by BritManToo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinsdale Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Safer than breathing. Estimated more than 3 million die from pollution realated disease globally. Logic would then have it that walking to the shop to buy a beer is more dangerous (not taking into account the brainless idiots behind the wheel or on motorcycles) than ibibing said beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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