British Drinking Culture Can Ruin You

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In this video I discuss the drinking culture in the UK, I have fell victim to culture that has been around for many many years in the UK.
I discuss the pattern of the drinking, how sports play there part and the long term negative effects of partaking in the endless cycle of booze that the textbook British man indulges himself in.

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@pablolowenstein1371 Ай бұрын

'Football, beer, but above all, gambling, filled the horizons of their minds...to control them was not difficult'. George Orwell. 1984.

@cambsfarmer Ай бұрын

Well done for realising it early enough, many people never figure this stuff out until it's too late.

@RickSanchez-dn6rd Ай бұрын

Well said. My mate died at 42. Pissed endlessly. I ended up stopping being around him for 5 or so years before he passed. Waste.

@allanashton5187 Ай бұрын

The film Saturday night and Sunday morning sums it up perfectly. Just living for weekend to get drunk then back to work to start the cycle again. I did it for more years than I care to remember until I finally woke up and realised that’s exactly like the powers that be want you to be like.

@mikeclark9073 Ай бұрын

If you've ever seen the movie Human Traffic, well that was my weekends in the 90's. Today I haven't touched alcohol in 10 years and feel so much better for it, both physically and financially.

@carlbrown4775 Ай бұрын

Spot on from a ex pat now living in Australia for past 50 odd years. Excersize eat good food. I grow my own vegetables. Keeping fit and still riding my Harley at 78. I still enjoy a beer , rum in moderation.

@PeterPete Ай бұрын

You're a British immigrant in Australia!!

@sg-zd8eb Ай бұрын

Lucky you. You got to leave the country and live the high life. Many don’t get that option.

@chrisr525 Ай бұрын

What I've found mate looking back basically when we're due to leave school we're told to go out, party, sleep around and find ourselves is the wrong way when just going out into the wide world. Plus I think the weekend is there for people to get pissed so we deal better with the servitude that we're forced to live in same with entertainment side of things. It's all distractions from the scam system. ✌️

@mansome955 Ай бұрын

Hit the nail on the head.

@pablolowenstein1371 Ай бұрын

Indeed...very indeed.

@BalearicBeatnik Ай бұрын

Thank you for talking about this. As a Gen X'er I grew up in a time when this was the norm and we were encouraged to "get on it" and it was just what we saw everyone do in the media, the UK culture, it was seen as heroic to be the last man standing. Times have changed and today's yutes are all about the gym and less about the shant! I've knocked the pub on head and started working out, lost 3 stone of pint fat, saved a flipping fortune, and my head is so much clearer. "Pub friends" I do miss, but I cant fathom a hangover now after a long weekend at it. Just realised I wish I'd worked this out sooner, but I was in that life and having too much fun, or so I thought. Big ups for realising this when you did my G Stay safe!

@mansome955 Ай бұрын

You are spot on about the last man standing being medal worthy. Yeah the hangovers do me in big time now.

@BalearicBeatnik Ай бұрын

@@mansome955 look forward to Seeing your channel grow and good luck with it!!!! Subbed!

@parabob2359 21 күн бұрын

Bang on. I gave up drugs, football gambling, the lot. For me, It was all a cover for childhood trauma. Numb the pain, ignore your emotions. Getting emotional over what 11 men do with a ball is not manly.

@trentsteele1986 Ай бұрын

I've seen young lads become alcoholics because of his lifestyle

@maxmaxwell3787 25 күн бұрын

I like your honesty about the futility of football.

@terry4801 Ай бұрын

Even more so nowadays, going to the pub can leave a serious dent in your wallet. A decent pint, Peroni, Stella, Kronenbourg, etc. in Uxbridge, West London costs about £6.10. In central London maybe £8 upwards. It's ridiculous! After a good session, it'll take two days to recover. I prefer to drink at home, much cheaper and safer.

@SledkaTV Ай бұрын

An extreme example of it is Russia in early 1900s where 30% of government revenue came from selling their own people vodka. Had the double benefit of subduing the working class from questioning the regime as well as generating revenue.

@mogznwaz 17 күн бұрын

The 90s really solidified it - couldn’t afford to get drunk every weekend before and it was also socially frowned upon. For me the 90s was the pivotal decade when Britain lost its soul, identity and manners as we moved from a homogenous society to a multicultural globalist society. I hate it.

@iron_born Ай бұрын

one thing i'll say about sport and in particular football; it brings a real sense of community in a society where community has been eroded over the years for different reasons but particularly the individualistic mindset/society since thatcher.

@mansome955 Ай бұрын

Yeah fair point, unfortunately at clubs like mine Chelsea the glory hunters have taken over.

@Lee-pf2uv Ай бұрын

Also you fast forward 20 years to your 40s and you see the damage. I'm now late 40's and I don't drink at home (never been the type to have beers in the fridge). I was a going out drinker. By the time I got to my late 20s I got bored of it, would prefer to save my energy and money to do other fun stuff. So by the time I hit 30 I barely drank any more, just the odd meal out and maybe big nights out for birthdays. A few times per year rather than a few times per week. But for those still getting on it at my age or who are drinking on the sofa most night instead you can see the difference in them. 25 years of that has taken its toll and on the whole they don't look happy. More its a routine they have adopted and they look damaged by it. Worn out, unhealthy, not really had any hobbies for the last few decades so they are tired and a bit empty. My advice for anyone in their 20's is to find hobbies and other fun things to do alongside going out, then as the going out slows down you can increase the time investment in your hobbies. Then when you have a family your little boy can look up to you or join you in all the fun things you do rather than lose you to football and beer at the weekends.

@mansome955 Ай бұрын

Quality comment mate

@MarcsCupofTea 23 күн бұрын

Well said. Glad your learned how to escape the culture before it's too late. Seen it loads growing up, people going on the piss, lads holidays etc etc luckily I've never been one of the 'lads' so I take time to enjoy things myself and with my wife. We enjoy our travels and even small things like going out for a country walk and take food with us and enjoy it outdoors with a drink or 2 and not stuck indoors. Football I've always seen as being used to subdue the masses (a big fan of George Orwell's 1984) Nothing against anyone who watches it as I'll cheer in England at the world cup, but I can't see why I'd revolve my life around it. Stay strong friend

@theasianscot Ай бұрын

Your prospective on life now is pretty spot on. I fear the young ones will take nothing from it. There's already alot of young people that don't drink.

@celeste6445 Ай бұрын

Excellent spiel!! I can’t praise you enough! Love ya ❤

@deandoherty1163 9 күн бұрын

So true story of my Life going to try and change things in any way goinging to Sub more education like this please

@callummccracken7565 Ай бұрын

I rarely comment anymore but this was a real thought-provoking and inspiring insight right here. I'm a Wolves fan myself but I must say I've lost a lot of interest in football in the wake of my sobriety. I look at the likes of Man City fans singing anti-united songs and I'm like, is that really what gets under your skin in life? A team who just happen to be your neighbours? Seems like they're deflecting from affairs that are actually relevant. I know that'd be considered snobby by some but I just can't take the idea of football rivalry seriously as a full grown adult. Its far more rewarding when you invest time into more mentally stimulating hobbies. As far as the culture goes, there's never been a better time for my 20s to be ending. £6 a pint!? Yeah right.

@mansome955 Ай бұрын

Yeah personally I always have felt that it is a deflection away from issues staring them in the face.

@Joshyouare_92 Ай бұрын

Well said.

@fraser1237 Ай бұрын

Yup many things in life really don't matter other than ones health and well-being.

@synio2492 Ай бұрын

Talking a lot of sense in this video. 👍

@manojmistry499 Ай бұрын

The important words you used here are “when I think about it” This is the problem - booze culture means the boozers never think about it.

@TomTremayne Ай бұрын

As a message this video is correct & very admirable. 1 slight point tho' : At the start (0:32) you don't stress hard enough that it is an issue (merely saying it might be) & you also say at 0:34 it's a man's issue. On the weekend tho'; any city centre is also strewn with pissed girls, girls that turn in to middle-aged women trapped in the bottle of white wine at 6pm cycle.

@mansome955 Ай бұрын

Yeah fair point, it’s everyone, I was just directing it at men with whole football side of things etc.

@TomTremayne Ай бұрын

Why not spread the word off youtube? In the recent elections there was a lot of single-issue politics & people campaigning on things that they're told are serious (the environment, LGBT rights, etc) but your points here apply many more of us & are of a genuine concern. In a way it's what we were saying as punks back in the late '70s but that led nowhere & it also embraced drink & drug use! In the comments of this video someone mentions how in Russia the government produced & sold cheap vodka thus taking back the wages from the people, repressing the working-classes at the same time. It's sort of comparable in a way & alternative politicians who are massively popular (Tommy Robinson for example) totally miss this whole issue whereas you get it! The sale of alcohol produces massive revenue for governments (& private individuals) & also dumbs-down the population. Hardly anyone talks about this point. @@mansome955

@Joshyouare_92 Ай бұрын

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