Booze ban: Thailand's one million heavy drinkers face serious health and withdrawal issues

[AJS150654]

7 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I guess they could of used a thai in the photo rather than a falang

<deleted>, I hope you're not serious. If you are, how in hell can yiu pick the race of the guy in the photo.

[0815]

Do they really believe that there is no sale or enough stock of LAU KHAU ?
And please let's add a zero to each of the numbers. Get real !

[pineapple01]

Funny thing is i went past a Chang Owned distributor place and they still load up Shopkeeps trucks.its near a Police Station, so i recon its an area thing. Up counry Thais dont take much notice of Nannie State anyway.

[transam]

2 minutes ago, TikiT said:

No it’s not I mostly just read for a laugh. 

Aaaah, I have a new follower then........................????

[transam]

1 minute ago, pineapple01 said:

Funny thing is i went past a Chang Owned distributor place and they still load up Shopkeeps trucks.its near a Police Station, so i recon its an area thing. Up counry Thais dont take much notice of Nannie State anyway.

Really.................????

[pineapple01]

2 minutes ago, transam said:

Really.................????

Yes, non City Folk just look like they are

 going along with them.

[Mattd]

11 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Funny thing is i went past a Chang Owned distributor place and they still load up Shopkeeps trucks.its near a Police Station, so i recon its an area thing. Up counry Thais dont take much notice of Nannie State anyway.

It is a regional thing, not every province has banned alcohol sales.

 

In fact it is a 'smart' move from central government to not place a blanket ban, it relieves them of some of the inevitable political pressure that the Chang and Singha empires etc. will pour down on to them as times goes on!

 

Still think that it is all OTT, nowt wrong with having an evening tipple or two.

[2 is 1]

15 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Funny thing is i went past a Chang Owned distributor place and they still load up Shopkeeps trucks.its near a Police Station, so i recon its an area thing. Up counry Thais dont take much notice of Nannie State anyway.

So you ask (hey man where you bring your load)? Maybe PM new year party? Or army base where they party together?

How to f you can know where they bring they load? Even this story is true! Have you understand many province end they  alcohol ban soon , so maybe they prepare! And i dont know what forest you live in if your opinion "up coundry Thais" is that kind! Do they know how speak Thai?

[Skallywag]

8 minutes ago, Mattd said:

It is a regional thing, not every province has banned alcohol sales.

April 12, Pattaya news said all of Thailand had banned alcohol sales?!

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/04/12/alcohol-sales-are-now-banned-country-wide-in-thailand-to-help-discourage-gatherings/?fbclid=IwAR3Stwqk305Kws_dqcJuSOm1ChPkIqXQUAVVMP_b7Sbax_VoicqUoLPFqxg

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Just now, Skallywag said:

April 12, Pattaya news said all of Thailand had banned alcohol sales?!

https://thepattayanews.com/2020/04/12/alcohol-sales-are-now-banned-country-wide-in-thailand-to-help-discourage-gatherings/?fbclid=IwAR3Stwqk305Kws_dqcJuSOm1ChPkIqXQUAVVMP_b7Sbax_VoicqUoLPFqxg

Up here in the N.E. my police Capt. friend tells me nobody can sell booze...

[marquis22]

7 hours ago, Henryford said:

I can barely type a response, my hands are shaking so much.

Let us know when the headaches and vomiting are too much for you and you can't go on living....... ????????

[marquis22]

28 minutes ago, transam said:

Really.................????

Truly, I was there pretending to be a shopkeeper so can vouch for his story!!

[daveAustin]

Does the booze ban go hand-in-hand with the 5k handout?

[Rick1812]

Count deaths as virus deaths. 

[Mac98]

What about weaning sexaholics?

[barryofthailand]

No Booze ban in Banchang Rayong Tesco is selling all sorts of alcohol 

[JCP108]

If even 1% of the 1 million alcoholics get sick enough to be hospitalized (medical literature predicts serious effects from alcohol withdrawal in about 50% of drinkers and mortality rate between 1-20% of those who have significant seizures or DTs), won't those 10k hospital admissions get in the way of treating people with C-19 and other health issues? Just sayin'.

[sawadee1947]

Wonder what is the percentage of farangs when it comes to heavy drinking? 

If I review Pattaya I reckon more than 50% are drunkards. Many of those are Brits. ????

[xtof2]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

one million heavy drinkers

I feel so good to have so many friends !

[joloit]

3 hours ago, bander said:

Alcoholism is a self-inflicted disease and not the governments problem like Corona virus is.

If alcoholics die from stop drinking then who is to blame? Please don't blame the government.

Keep the alcohol ban and watch the number of traffic deaths decline. 

     

.... and domestic violence will surge

[PatOngo]

2 hours ago, terryofcrete said:

Wow.. it’s that easy is it ? ... jeez all those years of counselling and AA meetings , even in Thailand,  outdoor have been ditched ! All I had to do as look in the mirror... Go educate yourself ! 

I took a grip of my life and looked in the mirror when I was diagnosed with cancer after 50 years of smoking! I changed my ways! Terry boy!

[gk10002000]

9 hours ago, Flugg said:

Guess the additional deaths caused through starvation, suicide and untreated medical conditions will outnumber the corona death by far.

I believe that 100% and not just because of the booze cutoff, but because of the economic upheaval, the loss of so many small businesses, big factory layoffs, closures, etc.  The Thai economy was fairly fragile to begin with and nobody knows how much GDP the military has been siphoning off that never makes it onto the books

[faraday]

2 hours ago, thaikahuna said:

Thailand ranks #4 in the world for liquor consumption. DUH!

Let's see the statistics.

[Burma Bill]

Must be agonizing for such ex-pats no longer able to "park" themselves on their favorite bar stool every day!!

[IAMHERE]

One million alcoholics in Thailand. I thought the clamping down on sale hours of booze was supposed to lower the number of alcoholics in Thailand. Now, I'm wondering why the hours were reduced for selling booze at all, certainly wasn't  cure all. Time to change the law back to where you can sell alcohol 24/7.

[Abmong]

This will only lead to black market booze...

[khaowong1]

10 hours ago, Saltire said:

There are only about 5 shops in my village that sell alcohol, limited to Chang, Leo, Lao Khao and Hong Thong. All have stopped selling openly. Wife is pretty sure if you take your own bag to one of them it can still be bought. The problem is now they are all sold out of everything.

 

The villages I am sure have a very high percentage of chronic alcoholics. Many never stop from morning till night. One shop owner joked that no one gets hangovers here as they don't stop drinking long enough.

 

The wifes 75 year old step mother who lives next door is drunk every day (fortunately a 'happy' drunk), never causes us any grief except asking for 3 Baht now and again as she is short to buy a refill with a red bull bottle or a plastic bag 'shot'.

 

I noticed the dependancy my first day with the wife in the village when a drunk farmer stuck his head in our window at 8 AM and wanted to share a beer with the new farang. We did to keep the peace, but had to run out and buy one!

 From a personal view since I moved to Thailand 3 years ago my alcohol consumption has dropped to almost zero (see choices above!) and since the virus arrived, I have had zero alcohol, same as the wife.

 

3 baht?  Wow.  In my little village, it was 10.  

[Speedhump]

One of the sillier posts on TV. 

Hardened drinkers don't know how to get hold of booze during lockdowns? They never bought a bottle over a booze-free religious holiday?

 

Give me a break, these aren't supposed to be the funny pages.... 

????

[Ireland32]

11 hours ago, Joinaman said:

Not sure how this will effect the alcoholics in all the villages, seems no problem with buying beer and whiskey. Makro still selling it where i am, told people are buying and shipping it to other dry, provinces  

 

Some beer company just opened Nakohn , something they are shipping 

[JonnyF]

10 hours ago, stephenterry said:

The point of the ban during Songkran is to limit the amount of drunken or social parties where many people congregate and where only one infected could spread the Corona virus to the others. By encouraging self and immediate family isolation, the risk of new cases is lowered.  

 

Common sense, really.

But if every mom and pop shop still sells it then people can still buy it. Or they can stock up for the party by buying bulk in advance.

 

Do you think it's only the geniuses on ThaiVisa who have spotted these loopholes?