Comments by "" (@davidtrindle6473) on "Russian Vodka: Drinking Culture in the Soviet Union" video.

It’s not just males, it’s females too. Years ago, following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Americans began adopting Russian children, whose parents were absent or unable to care for them. Unfortunately, many of these kids suffered from fetal alcohol syndrome, which is a devastating mental, physical, emotional and spiritual disaster.
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Russia has the highest alcoholism rate in the world. Men in particular. The expected lifetime of a Russian man is 58 years roughly 21 years younger than the expected life of an American Until they get a handle on that problem they’ll never get out from under the thumb of one tyrant or another. And believe me the tyrants have no interest in them getting better.
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@valteregon I think it may be genetic. From Ireland to Scotland to Scandinavia to Russia to Siberia to Native Americans. These are all northern, colder areas. It could be the genetic adaptation to cold is linked to tendency towards alcoholism. Just a theory.
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@ hopefully they didn’t suffer from FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome)
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I think Russians join other Northern Europeans, like Irish, Scottish, Scandinavians, American Indians who have some kind of genetic vulnerability to alcohol addiction.
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Perhaps, but many alcoholics are women.
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@istvanandras725 then leave. What stopping you from leaving? And don’t make any excuses. Our American economy is a cornucopia of entrepreneurial. Opportunity. Go work for yourself. Many study show that self-employed people are much happier than the kind of person you’re describing. There’s no excuse for living your life this way. Not geography, not family, not education and not experience. There’s no need for you to live your life this way.
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@ You trust Russian “official “ publications?” Have you included males only. The average for males and females might be close to your number, as females live longer since alcoholism rate is lower for females. If you take the time to tell me the source of your 65.5, I’ll go back into my records to find the source of my 58. However, when all is said and done, even if your figure is the correct one for males and mine is the incorrect one for males, the conclusion remains unchanged: Russian males live substantially shorter lives, than western males. Thanks for your input.
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And alcohol, and technology.
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@gottfriedheumesser1994 you might be referring to the old belief that a shot of alcohol would warm you up on a cold day. unfortunately it’s been known in a scientific community for decades that alcohol actually increases your loss of heat and cold weather. But it was a good thought.
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@ congrats! I’m Irish. Both parents and both brothers were alcoholics. I’m an “Al-Anon-ic”
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