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  2. Drinking culture - Wikipedia

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    The Merry Drinker (c. 1628–1630) by Frans Hals. Drinking culture is a subset of alcohol use situated within the larger scope of drug culture.Drinking culture encompasses the traditions, rituals, and social behaviors associated with consumption of alcoholic beverages as a recreational drug and social lubricant.

  3. Religion and alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol consumption in America and its connection to religious affiliation is a significant sociological and cultural issue. In the United States, different religious traditions have different views on alcohol, ranging from full abstinence in certain faiths to the promotion of responsible and moderate usage in others.

  4. Alcoholism - Wikipedia

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    Alcoholism is characterized by an increased tolerance to alcohol – which means that an individual can consume more alcohol – and physical dependence on alcohol, which makes it hard for an individual to control their consumption. The physical dependency caused by alcohol can lead to an affected individual having a very strong urge to drink ...

  5. Alcohol and Native Americans - Wikipedia

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    Of all alcohol-attributable deaths, motor vehicle accidents account for 27.5% and alcoholic liver disease accounts for 25.2%. Alcohol-related fatal car accidents are three times more prevalent among Native Americans than in other ethnicities. Alcohol was shown to be a factor in 69% of all suicides of Native Americans between 1980 and 1998. [163]

  6. Category:Drinking culture - Wikipedia

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    A. Alcohol (drug) Alcohol advertising on college campuses; Alcohol and society; Alcohol consumption by youth in the United States; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol enema

  7. Alcohol preferences in Europe - Wikipedia

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    Residents of Finland and Sweden consume twice as much beer as vodka (in terms of pure alcohol). [14] The Polish Beer-Lovers' Party (which won 16 seats in the Sejm in 1991) was founded on the notion of fighting alcoholism by a cultural abandonment of vodka for beer. And indeed in 1998, beer surpassed vodka as the most popular alcoholic drink in ...

  8. History of alcoholic drinks - Wikipedia

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    The medicinal use of alcohol was mentioned in Sumerian and Egyptian texts dating from about 2100 BC. The Hebrew Bible recommends giving alcoholic drinks to those who are dying or depressed, so that they can forget their misery (Proverbs 31:6–7). In 55 BC, the Romans took notice of an alcoholic cider being made in Britain using native apples ...

  9. Christian views on alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Jesus making wine from water in The Marriage at Cana, a 14th-century fresco from the Visoki Dečani monastery. Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of Church history, Christians generally consumed alcoholic beverages as a common part of everyday life and used "the fruit of the vine" [1] in their central rite—the Eucharist or Lord's Supper.