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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's all very well for them to warn about this, but speaking as someone who moved here aged 30, the US is one of the MOST stressful countries in the world to live in with virtually no social safety net, minimal paid vacations, minimal paid leave, lack of universal healthcare, sky high professional expectations, sky high cost of living that does not tally with salaries, lack of access to decent food. Life is hard here. Everyone is on SSRIs and the SSRIs aren't even any good. People aren't drinking just because it's fun and take it or leave it. Most people have a glass of wine or a beer because it provides some kind of respite from what is otherwise a highly stressful life. I disagree that people dont know drinking is not the healthiest choice, but they typically still choose to do it because the alternative is their life just sucks and when they say it sucks they are told to 'journal' or 'be more mindful'. 
American society is broken and no one here seems to notice or want to do anything about it. In fact the opposite - they elect people who actively scorn those who want to do something about it. And then tell everyone - your problems and day to day survival are on you, and expect them to have no vices.  Insane. [/quote]

I don’t understand, why don’t you move to Europe then if you’re so miserable in the US? One of our family friends immigrated here from France which has many of the benefits you mentioned and he’s much happier in the US due to having much higher pay, ability to create a nicer lifestyle for himself without severe taxation, doesn’t have to constantly watch people just living off his tax money doing nothing with welfare, doesn’t have to wait 8 months for a doctor’s appt with universal health care, etc. Somehow he’s able to be happy with his family without knocking back drinks every day to cope. 
It’s nice that both places like the US and Europe can exist so people can choose what type of lifestyle they want.

To be clear: anyone drinking because they can’t cope simply does not have the initiative to better their own lives or change their situation. There are many ways to do so, and it’s very possible to move to other countries that provide the things you mention. [/quote]

This---you can exercise to "deal with life stresses".  Also, many of us drink because we like it, but can stop anytime.  I like a glass of wine each night.  Don't have it everyday, but if I do one week, not a big deal.  We have a nice wine collection.  I eat healthier than most (cut most carbs except healthy veggies), exercise, get my 10-15K steps daily, and cut most sugars from my life, except for alcohol. [/quote]

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