On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM, RavB <rav...@gmail.com> wrote: > People are in pain, and alcohol is the most accessible over-the-counter > temporary palliative. It's not going to start until we address the root > causes for chronic unhappiness, be it biochemistry, environment, or most > likely some combination thereof. >
I used to point this out to people who asked me if there was an indicator of India's economic development. Growing up in the 80s I was used to seeing most poor laboring men hit the bottle at dusk, and wake up in a gutter or bush in the morning, only to repeat the cycle a few hours later. Even the Indian movies of that era had this recurring theme. Today while alcoholism in India is by no means rare the habit of drinking oneself blind seems to have left most people. Cheeni
