New Rule: America Has a Drinking Problem | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@kevinmeyers7821]

To be fair, Chuck E. Cheese has served beer since the 80s, pretty sure it was the only way to get adults to actually tolerate a shitload of hyper kids and creepy robots.

[@jc.1191]

😂

[@brianmorgan1354]

naawwww... it was so you could tolerate their crappy pizza. And a bunch of ugly people all under one roof.

[@HHH-ye1ro]

Not the ones I went to.

[@mgb5170]

@@HHH-ye1ro me neither.

[@RelentlessOhiox]

Not here in Ohio in the 90s they did not.

[@mr.joshua6818]

I work at a liquor store. Believe me, a lot more people have been drinking over the last several years.

[@johnnydeleon8210]

Why do you think this is?

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

Put the prices up then.

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

@@reinforcedpenisstem the point of a liquor store is not to discourage people from drinking.

[@johncell74]

@@reinforcedpenisstem competition would put them out of business, there's about 2 liquor stores per mile; individual chains can't affect the price of liquor.

[@reinforcedpenisstem]

@@Nathan-gd7xq The point of a store is to make the owner money.

[@darrellallen2045]

That’s really kind of terrifying how true this is

[@DontGoToHell]

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

[@thesparkster]

The only thing plastic at Whole Foods are the shoppers.

[@Stormpants]

Sounds like Europe to me...

[@mike47734]

@@DontGoToHell someone didn’t take their medicine this morning.

[@lmccahill45]

@@DontGoToHell wrong video

[@10s-d7j]

"This girl asked me, doesn't drinking give you a headache? Yeah eventually! But the beginning and middle part are amazing!" -Mitch Hedberg

[@robm7107]

Forty days sober after 22 years of drinking. Best move I've made in a long time.

[@misskitty2710]

One day at a time….bet you’re sleeping a lot better too!

[@christinechin1909]

👍

[@paulloughney8285]

coming up on twelve years. best decision ever.

[@Alonzo2k8]

That what's up

[@OsirisIxchel]

Bravo!!

[@bleckck3199]

The alcohol menu is bigger than the food menu at many restaurants.

[@brettrobinson2901]

As it SHOULD be!🍺

[@randomami8176]

Good point! I thought I was seeing “double” on the drink menu. But now you just clarified this for me….

[@mikefields2243]

Wine menu, beer menu, mixed drink menu. Ooooh you wanted the food menu? It’s the last 4 lines of the mixed drinks menu.

[@simplethings3730]

What's food?

[@CCJJ160Channels]

Makes sense. The markup on liquor is stupid high.

[@deloctober4369]

“Trauma is the real gateway drug.”

[@mike47734]

Candy, sugar and fast food is where addiction starts

[@JohnAllerton1977]

F@####ck, both of you just dropping truth bombs

[@sheilag2231]

Trauma of what?

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@sheilag2231 Any kind of trauma. Trauma leads to an inability to cope, the consumption of alcohol and drugs make you feel like you can cope, or at least makes you care less that you can't.

[@bramvanduijn8086]

@@mike47734 My first addiction was breathing, I never really got over it. :P Snark aside, sugar and salt are tastes our mouths get used to quickly, even though we don't need a lot of either. So you can train people to like any amount of sugar or salt. Luckily this goes both ways, so you can train yourself (or your kids, or anyone) to like things less sweet and less salty. Though if you usually have a low salt intake, and you get overwhelmed with the desire for fries, then that's your body telling you you have a salt deficiency. So go out and eat those fries for medical reasons :), anything salty will work, but fries are tasty as well as salty.

[@sayand2706]

I am glad that I gave up drinking and for once in my life am still sticking to new year resolution,it’s 7 months now and still sober..It’s been hard but really worth it.

[@NewMessage]

"Who gets shitfaced at a zoo?" The one I worked at? about 40% of the staff.

[@gordleith9474]

Worked at a zoo with no animals but one little dog.It was a schit- zou

[@DontGoToHell]

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

[@austintrousdale2397]

Bill missed a golden opportunity there to reference some primates throwing their feces. “Who gets sh*tfaced at a zoo? I mean, other than the bratty kid who teased the wrong monkey?” Fixed it for ya ✌️

[@Monarchyman1]

@@DontGoToHell what the hell does this racist screed have to do with the post?

[@Jmctt926]

@@DontGoToHell sounds like you need a drink pal

[@abhishekkhandkar]

Everytime I come here, anticipating a burn, he schools me, tells me how I am wrong about my life, and his wit helps me digest it. Health, habits, prejudices against either left or right, inspiration from books and great personalities, balance between entertainment and real knowledge. The list goes on. And I nod to myself and try to reshape. I don't know whether anyone cares or not, but I walked out of depression partly because of Bill Maher. Keep it up good sir.

[@heartnsoullife5188]

Good for you! Keep up the good work!!

[@dalaanibombina8822]

Congrats, mate!

[@remmymafia3889]

So you 'walked out' of depression? That's great, no harmful drugs, but rather an individual (Maher) on drugs, did the trick. Better his brain, than yours.

[@abhishekkhandkar]

@@remmymafia3889 shit on me all you want. It's the truth. He invites some genuinely amazing personalities and their books help a lot of people. Bill Maher's own perspective is great enough. I don't know why you are so triggered by this. but alright. May be you don't want to believe me. May be you don't like Bill. In either case, it's none of my business. Just trying to share my opinion for those who can relate to it and learn from it. You can do whatever pleases you

[@remmymafia3889]

@@abhishekkhandkar Triggered? Just exercising my wit- kinda like Maher has done for a living all his life. A bit harsh I'll admit, just seeing how many woke I can 'trigger', and demand safe spaces.

[@miscellaneous.7127]

Me watching this in Scotland: "Yeah you don't know what a drinking problem is."

[@robertashton8069]

Empty bottle?

[@agf1700]

I was once at an Irish Wedding….the Bar actually ran out of alcohol 🤭. Never seen that many happy wedding guests! 🤣

[@phileas007]

@@agf1700 you think the wedding was a happy place, wait till you attend a funeral

[@agf1700]

@@phileas007 Oh I’ve been to a few of those too!

[@robertashton8069]

@@agf1700 Daddy used to tell me: "Avoid hangovers; stay drunk."

[@MrWiggsy4]

I gave up drinking a year ago, and since then I've really become aware of the drinking culture in the UK. I know we're famous for drinking but I never realised how ingrained it was in our society.

[@catherineshaw1122]

As a non Brit who watches a ton of British television, what I see is an alcoholic nation. But then, I see it in the US as well. I don't drink, haven't for decades, and honestly I don't get the appeal.

[@luke_cohen1]

Europe, in general, has always consumed way more alcohol than the states on a per capita basis (the average American only consumes 7-8 gallons a year while Europeans consume 10-15 gallons depending on the country). In fact, the US and Canada are usually on the lower end in the spectrum in both alcohol and cheese consumption (something Europeans are famous for).

[@Triple_J.1]

@@luke_cohen1 but the US has a very large Christian/Conservative population, Including Baptists, Mormons, and Amish who are opposed to alcohol. Those who partake certainly drink as much or more than the average Brit.

[@luke_cohen1]

@@Triple_J.1 Europe drinks more beer and wine, Americans drink more hard liquor (the hard seltzer and premade cocktails seems to be chinaging that though). They still drink more overall due to the low proof of beer and wine but Americans are more likely to binge drink. It's a lot like comparing Britain and Ireland drinking cultures to be honest.

[@rebeccacoleman8338]

Same i moved from Dublin to Toronto and changed my drinking to a Canadian.. I return home to Ireland to mayhem.. We dont see it as a drug and thats the issue.. its the last legal drug ffs.. and Ireland thinks its pop does no harm.. But you wont get a funnier night then in an Irish pub.

[@sirg-had8821]

That whole "passing out" and "being hungover" gets in the way of my drinking.

[@trever2244]

Same here. Was at a friend's house, woke up hungover, saw about 6 or 7 beers on the poker table and funneled them with an oil thing used for vehicles. No hangover except for having the runs.

[@Digitalhunny]

How did we go from an evening if drinking when young, carefree & bounce back the next morning like nothing. To old & hung over on a Friday evening, means an entire weekend to recoup? I didn't sign up for this! Did any of you? 😂😂😂

[@johnnyfreedom3437]

If you never want a hang over do what I used to do, have a drink first thing in the morning!!

[@skycommander2153]

You know you've hit rock bottom when you're getting plastered at Whole Foods

[@johndanielson3777]

Really? I’d say rock bottom is getting shit faced at the Penguinarium

[@aleccampbell7707]

And if you thought the food at Whole Foods was expensive

[@Viking_Luchador]

@New Life New Rules Peter O'Toole started drinking one night in Paris and woke up the next morning in Corsica... 1200 miles away, with no idea how that happened

[@brockalbert5111]

@@johndanielson3777 Or a Walmart bathroom.

[@66Sixxy]

@@brockalbert5111 No, no. Don't confuse the people. They were doing meth at Walmart.

[@chrispswann6825]

"Alcohol, the cause and solution to all of life's problems" - Homer Simpson

[@jeffbaer5851]

I'm really, really sorry about this: "TO Alcohol, the cause OF, and solution to, all of life's problems." I just had to. I'm so very very sorry. The Pedantic Force runs strong in my family.

[@theotherscientist]

German version: Alcohol is not the answer, but it helps you to forget the question.

[@CameronBrtnik]

*- Albert Einstein

[@allnyermind]

@@jeffbaer5851 Reads better that way too , the actual quote

[@karakol86]

“Drinking has ruined my life. I am 31 years old” Hans Moleman

[@saraCFUSA]

Thank you. I hit my rock-bottom during this pandemic and today I'm over 10 months off the sauce. I never thought I'd be able to kick it. I'm a really bad alcoholic. I still enjoy cannabis but that never destroyed my life like booze did. This has been a collective trauma we're all still enduring. Make sure you check in with your loved ones as much as you can. I didn't expect the pandemic to hurt me mentally as badly as it did, but there's hope for a better tomorrow. Whatever you're struggling with, do not give up hope. You're stronger than you realize.

[@leam89]

Same with me. Best of luck to you

[@avedic]

That's cool. Genuinely. But....I gotta say, every time I think about cutting back on my drinking and I hear someone use the term "off the sauce" it makes me want to drink.... Everything about that term bothers me. THE SAUCE? Don't...say...that. It's so so weird. Just a tip. ;)

[@jessebarnes1963]

@@avedic it’s weird that you think that’s so weird. It’s weird to tell people not to use perfectly normal expressions because you think they’re weird. And that’s not what’s making you want to drink. It’s the alcoholism that’s to blame for that. Just a tip.

[@hellooutthere8956]

7 yrs here. I didnt think I would stop either.

[@txtrang2515]

Peace to you. All I really need is good music and good food.

[@romancahill3503]

To quote Homer Simpson " to alcohol the cause of and the solution to all our problems" ✌️

[@nicdouglass784]

^ this

[@carldeithorn3450]

🍺 "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!" CHEERS! 🍻✌

[@NateGerardRealEstateTeam]

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[@romancahill3503]

@@carldeithorn3450 🍺🥃🍸🍹

[@MrShanester117]

It’s not really the solution, that’s just what dummies tell themselves

[@imapain1380]

Bill always addresses the elephant in the room that we all want to avoid- Thanks for shining the light - cheers 🍻

[@phobos258]

Americans don't have a drinking problem. Corporations have a selling problem, alcohol = profits and that's all that matters to them. Anxiety is a serious issue for this country and we would be foolish to only blame ourselves for the problem.

[@stretchhfab7315]

I have been saying these exact things for years. As a recovered alcoholic, it’s amazing how clear life can be without the drink, on so many levels.

[@samus598]

@David Wurat Don't drink ink David! That goes in your printer not in your mouth

[@andec6240]

Best high is clean, sober and well-rested

[@melisswoog]

Agreed.

[@Tam5115]

That's why we drink. No one wants to clearly see how F'd we are. But congratulations on your recovery!

[@stephaniemoore1930]

@David Wurat You shut up. We overthrew the drink ink King 250 years ago

[@Verminator4]

When Ted Kaczynski talked about how instead of the system fixing itself in a way to alleviated the stresses it causes, it instead dispenses substances to essentially medicate said stress away, booze is a prime example of one of those substances

[@buttplug2162]

His writings are highly underrated

[@tuberyou1149]

And he randomly bombed universities. Such a soothing soul.

[@angelagraves865]

My boyfriend died of alcoholism three months ago. It's extremely easy to get caught up in it and it's a terrible way to go. He was only 52. Please be careful, people. ✌💗🖖

[@redbaron6805]

So sorry to hear that. Some people are born with predisposition to alcoholism. My mom died when I was young from an accidentally fatal mixture of prescription drugs and alcohol. Fortunately I didn't inherit that predisposition but I'm pretty sure my older brother did. It is simply something some people will struggle with their entire lives. My friends dad killed his mom while both were drunk. He is convinced he has predisposition to alcoholism and because of that, he has never had alcohol in his entire life. Unfortunately, it runs in some families and can be passed on to your kids.

[@Turtleproof]

@@redbaron6805 Cheers to both of you for surviving all of that. Even after all the people in my life that perished from their mistakes, I still know prohibition causes an unfathomable amount more damage, this is compunded by a lack of treatment options/subsidies and a culture of shame. You can't get clean or "pay yoyr debt to society," you're ostracized for life ... sometimes until a curtain fall too soon.

[@SelfImageStylist]

Your heart-breaking stories are sobering. My deepest sympathies 😢

[@laurielewis2745]

@@redbaron6805 There's no predisposition. Only choices.

[@RT22-pb2pp]

Drinking is not always alcoholism. Alcoholics are different from most drinkers. Come from family of them. It is way different than just drinking it is drinking to excess

[@c.a.t.732]

I never imagined when I was a teen in the 70s, hearing the grown-ups lecturing us about the evils of pot while they were sipping their martinis, that I would live to see the day when a proud stoner adult like Maher would be lecturing us all about the evils of drinking.

[@rock-n-rollfoodie]

C A T … right on man!

[@eternaldarkness6228]

Brother or sister.... Beautiful just beautiful!!👍😊

[@allisonroberts1379]

I had a professor (a wonderful one) who was a vegetarian & never took medicine or used alcohol. I am confounded as to why Americans are drawn to drugs, street and/or prescription ones. Tobacco kills people. If an individual sold a deadly product as their “business” would that be ok?? A corporation does it and it’s a smart business move. Take my advice, stay away from drugs. Stay healthy and safe & live a happy, long life! 🥰

[@lapislazarus8899]

I wish I could enjoy pot. What's available now is just way too high in THC for me. My heart races and my hands turn to blocks of ice, I can't talk, my tongue sticks to the back of my throat, and I get really paranoid and anxious. Not an enjoyable feeling.

[@lapislazarus8899]

@@allisonroberts1379 ugh, IDK about long. I'm getting awfully discouraged

[@niclas9990]

Yep. Having lived overseas for nearly a decade, it's pretty obvious from the outside: America's trouble isn't substance issues (lots of places rival or exceed our drinking) but the complete lack of meaningful community. America is a nation of self-destructive loners going through the motions of polite society but taking every opportunity to kick the shit out of their neighbors. Meaningful engagement, a sense of fellowship and shared purpose are what calm anxiety; all Americans have got is escapism.

[@rhijulbec1]

👏👏👏👏👏👏Perfect! Great comment.

[@Tom-qp6oh]

Well Said Buddy! I couldn't agree more!

[@JnEricsonx]

I have video games for that.

[@TheNewton]

"all Americans have got is escapism" You misspelled capitalism.

[@julioleal5773]

Hey shallow head many Americans Escape.into positive things too......you ALL bs needs to be called out... Thanks

[@richardpowell1772]

“People say you should never drink alone, yet I’ve found those to be the some of the most enjoyable drinks one can have.” -Christopher Hitchens

[@q.d.r.l.5480]

In the right circumstance, absolutely. And everyone knows the difference between having some drinks and some reflection or relaxation with yourself and having a real problem. But yeah, that expression has never made sense to me either.

[@JohnnyAmerique]

And he died of oesophageal cancer, for which alcohol consumption is one of the main risk factors, so maybe not the best example to emulate.

[@catherineshaw1122]

@@q.d.r.l.5480 If you need booze or weed to do that, you have a problem.

[@jadedjimmy]

Yeah I’ve always found it interesting that people say getting high alone is awesome but drinking alone is sad. Don’t they both kinda do the same thing, and why does one have to be sad over the other?

[@catherineshaw1122]

@@jadedjimmy they're both very bad signs. No one benefits from booze or weed. If you're dying and want to numb your excruciating pain, enjoy your weed on the way out. If you're alive and well, it ain't spiritual or healing, and booze is not just acceptable, it's expected. That's insane.

[@RiaHealth]

He's not wrong. We have seen a big spike in people joining our program since COVID started. We're grateful more awareness is being raised about this epidemic.

[@earthcat]

At least they have acknowledged their problem...you can't fix what you won't acknowledge. 😕

[@jackwarner2444]

"Programs"? You're grateful you've found a way to employ yourself in the marketplace. Nothing more.

[@marydera1983]

One day at a time

[@rachels1957]

@@jackwarner2444 Believe it or not, some people actually care about helping others 😒

[@tylsimys67]

@@rachels1957 Meaning those 10% - which are among us now and forever, help or not. Tip: (if it's not something hopelessly innate) the first two years of bad treatment defines person's life permanently. Then it's only up to him or her.

[@km6543]

They are even putting booze in desserts. The proof is in the pudding.

[@ironsnowflake1076]

Make it a 100 proof and I'll get my spoon :D

[@hutch1197]

Dad jokes are strictly prohibited.

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

And we thought it was just Cosby...

[@dukenukem8381]

oh god

[@dukenukem8381]

Such a Plum job of the joke. But i guess when life gives you lemons, make the lemonade martini.

[@fyimediaworld]

Gee, could it have anything to do with the fact that prices for everything are going up, wages are stagnant and people feel like they have no future?

[@DontGoToHell]

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

[@mauricecardinalgrowing1014]

Utility companies, like enmax and Direct Energy have raised there prices every year, including gas going back up to over 133 per litre in Calgary. They're trying to bury people. No question.

[@swamptyty9188]

Are these prices going up for nefarious reasons? Or is it possible that the population is rapidly increasing while non-renewable energy resources are becoming harder to extract?

[@stevebell4906]

@@DontGoToHell Another whinny boy...

[@stevebell4906]

Just keep on electing and reelecting them and you keep on getting what you keep on getting!

[@NOBLEFILMS1987]

I AGREE BILL!

[@ArthurDamato]

Two things that should be mentioned about people drinking all the time in the 1800’s are that alcohol content was way way lower in every type of alcohol, and that ciders were often safer to drink than water bc towns didn’t have good water purification systems

[@jeffercinadams9026]

So people just drank more?

[@JOHN----DOE]

John Doe Hard to compare now with the 19thc.Then, people drank all day because they did hard labor and were in constant pain from chronic health conditions. Not to mention the frightful pain women had from constant pregnancy and giving birth to too many children with absolutely zero modern health care help.

[@andersbjrnsen7203]

@@jeffercinadams9026 old lists of the amount of drink monks, workers etc were to receive seems to indicate insane amounts of both liquid and alcohol. Like five to six litres of beer.

[@k-ozdragon]

I'm thankful that someone else knows their history when it comes to the use of alcohol in the previous eras. Was about to type this same thing. Those ciders & ale were only like 1%-2% abv. Modern beers start at about 4%. Alcohol levels steadily rise in western nations as people seek to get drunk faster, & the insane cost of drinking while in social gatherings becomes astronomical. People want more alcohol for their dollar because a cocktail runs $16-$25 on average. In places like Japan, they still serve very low alcohol containing drinks in moderation, including some with extremely low abv to be enjoyed. I myself wouldn't mind some basic 3-4% ales while dining, but at $12-$18 for a pint, I end up drinking one at 8%.

[@k-ozdragon]

@@andersbjrnsen7203 Monks brewed beer because they also didn't have clean water on hand regularly. Especially since they were typically shut in away from society. They also regularly fasted, which was strictly adhered to, & needed something high in calories that wasn't food. The monks believed alcohol was a blessing from God, & were at the forefront of brewing technology. Since fermentation was spontaneous, they felt the ale was blessed - not to mention the natural carbonation it produces. Some sects brewed strong ale to sell in order to support the church. Especially Trappist monks, who were far removed from it. Generally the beer they drank was watered down substantially, & low alcohol content. The several liters per day regulation was typically during fasting, but also shows some limits on moderation. Plus they couldn't drink all day, or their water supply would be gone rather quickly. You see alcohol used this way in many small towns, or places far from society like a ship. They had no understanding of bacteria or sickness, & just general knowledge that fermented barley malt & hops produced a sweet drink that gave them energy & was safe for consumption.

[@JasonRyanWilson]

That was one of Maher's best outro in a long time, bravo.

[@maliksamarijones9304]

Drinking more, drinking during the day, and drinking alone = MELANIA 🤣🤣🤣

[@mypillowguy445]

MAGA Rita.

[@laurielewis2745]

I think he meant Kamala. Melania is long gone.

[@alist2420]

@@laurielewis2745 Gone where? Still married, isn't she?

[@shalevedna]

Anxious? Depressed? Bored? Grab a good book. Books have always been my Drink/drug/ therapist. Never needed anything but a good book. .

[@catherineshaw1122]

Nature, music, books, creativity. Better than booze or drugs.

[@shawncouch2243]

There’s so many alcoholics on both sides of my family I haven’t even risked it.

[@subzeroarctics1299]

Respect

[@jeannefoster5594]

Salut

[@gokugoma3258]

I lost two uncles to alcohol when I was really young.. I noticed they weren't showing up at parties no more and I asked why and I was told.. I don't drink I have never had a drink I don't want to drink. Those two were the funniest men I've ever met in my family

[@karengummer6657]

Me too. Including my sister and my deceased father

[@redbaron6805]

I would guess that almost every family has a few alcoholics if you looked closely enough. Just some have a few more than others.

[@Tsaier]

I'm 266 days sober and I decided to go a year with no booze. It's rough, I go to a group every week which makes it easier, and at this point I don't know if I will ever drink again. It's hard to see so many people die of alcohol related issues.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Good work and keep it going. No one nerds booze and there is literally no positive side to it.

[@amandawagner1216]

Keep up the good work.

[@efanmarvels8866]

To quote Dean Martin: "I quit drinking, I now freeze it and eat is like a popsicle"

[@allisonroberts1379]

That’s a clever joke…hope he was joking!!

[@sayedalazam4228]

Dean martin is the man. We need real entertainers like dean and sinatra and crosby back

[@Chim510]

@@allisonroberts1379 He was joking. Dean was actually a devoted family man and his drunk persona was a schtick for laughs

[@allisonroberts1379]

@@Chim510 😊!

[@polreamonn]

He also said "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. They wake up and that's as good as their day ever gets".

[@peateargriffin7593]

I work at a liquor store and I can tell you, since covid, we make more money than before. When it first hit, I served people who bought 6+ or more half gallons of liquor and be gone for a few weeks and come back for another case of half gallons. Now most of these people are in my store very single day buying fifths or liters, every single day! My staff and myself noticed before and after covid hit, business is booming since covid. Christmas eve we did 42 thousand dollars, 2019 we did about 23 or 24 thousand.

[@jhendersonic]

I’m a millennial. 27 years old. I quit drinking when the pandemic really hit the US last year, because my body revolted after 6 years of using drinks here and there to calm my anxiety (including at work, at an accounting firm, where it was common practice during meetings). Hell, I was flying alone at 18 on a transcontinental flight, in first class, and had four drinks. I’ve never been happier. Years of cognitive behavioral therapy have helped my underlying anxiety disorder. I’m all about people doing whatever the fuck they want, but alcohol has shown me it’s scarier side. I always thought, “well I’m not breaking the law (driving) and I’m not hurting people. I don’t have a problem.” I was hurting myself. Be careful, my friends.

[@LunsJail]

4 drinks? Holy shit! 🤪🙄

[@josephpapai5867]

@@LunsJail Transcontinental flights are long duration flights. Four drinks over several hours may not be as potent when spaced out. A flight from the East Coast to Europe can be eight hours or more.

[@haslemdacarter2055]

I'm glad you made it out fam ...... I'm a law student seriously suffering from marijuana addiction but I hope to get out someday Love 💚 from Nigeria

[@BennyNegroFromQueens]

Behavioral Therapy = Xanax

[@tsarina24honolulu87]

The pandemic is when many started.

[@borisvandruff7532]

Wine being called “Mommy Juice” is promoting casual alcoholism, and if you call this out, you’re a buzzkill…

[@bramvanduijn8086]

It is also a sign that a lot of moms are burnt out. And it creates & re-inforces the forbidden fruit effect with regards to alcohol for kids.

[@willjones6400]

@@bramvanduijn8086 yeah being a mom is so hard 🙄

[@normanreviewsgames698]

@@willjones6400 After seeing all the hard work my parents put in in raising me, I'd say being a mom is hard yes.

[@willjones6400]

@@normanreviewsgames698 roofing in 95 degree weather is hard. Raising your child is your duty as a decent human being

[@normanreviewsgames698]

@@willjones6400 I did not imply, nor would I ever imply that a roofer's job is not difficult.

[@Jaymielover]

Not drinking feels so good. Each day gets better. Feels like a weight off my back. Started it for health. Keeping it for happiness

[@elizabethcook8217]

Thanks,,,I needed to hear that today. 😊

[@judgegixxer]

I hear ya bro. Once I tried Carfentanil, I never went back to Alcohol.

[@Eurisko229]

@@judgegixxer is Carfentanil opioid derivative of Fentanyl????!!!!!! 😕

[@wordzmyth]

🤗

[@josh18230]

Any type of drug you use to make you feel better will have diminishing return, and then it just becomes a pain in the ass to maintain. Everything in moderation.

[@ian1352]

I've never understood what is wrong with someone drinking alcohol alone or during daylight.

[@chrisbeerguy1489]

It’s an end of the workday ritual for me to crack open a cold one when I get home. It’s not a social activity, it’s my “me time”, and I don’t understand the stigma of it. It’s nice to take the edge off the day and relax. I gave up alcohol for a bit and substituted non-alcoholic beer, and I found it still had much the same relaxing effect. Just the ritual of drinking a cold beer after work in and of itself is very calming and soothing. No shame in it.

[@mikhailkill]

Yup; this just sounds like self-righteous lecturing from Bill Maher; I love Bill Maher, but this segment just annoyed me. 😒 Btw, I want “grog time” to make a comeback.

[@RR-on4sk]

Because it's a problem. Alcohol withdrawal is one of the ones that can kill you (hence liquor stores never being closed down during pandemic), killing your organs, but it's everywhere and celebrated. It's one of the hardest addictions to get away from. It's everywhere and too normalized. Ask yourself why most would scoff at smoking pot all day, or doing other drugs, or even lecture about the harm of cigarettes? It's not only hypocrisy, but glosses over the real harm of drinking culture. And I'm someone very liberal about substance use in general (I think if adults want it, they should get it), yet I still see why drinking is an epidemic. It leads to violence, drunk driving, organ failure, etc. We'd think anyone doing coke all day was a problem, but we're fine with drinking all day? I rather have people on the road after taking a pain pill, to or doing a line, than a person coming from their house with a buzz. Alcohol impairs people yet it's treated as harmless. Doesn't mean get rid of it, but this idea that drinking being normalized is good for people needs to go. Time for a reality check.

[@misterj5089]

As I watch this, im 6 shots in. Why does he have to go and make a good point.

[@mistym0rning]

6 shots in? While you’re alone? That would definitely concern me…

[@rickmartinez4193]

"Find what you love, and let it kill you". Charles Bukowski

[@sayedalazam4228]

Fat,drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son - Animal House 1978

[@adropofgoldensun27]

"I gave up smoking, women and drinking last night It was the worst fifteen minutes of my life."😆 - Rodney Atkins

[@randomami8176]

Lol you guys! 🤣

[@bryanalcantarfilms]

I completely agree. So true.

[@BakaBroadcast]

So so so true. Thanks for the "talking to" Bill 😎

[@amiensarabellis8391]

We need to become experts in emotional resiliency.

[@Hirnlego999]

A better economic model will also help, a lot.

[@wintergarden7539]

@@Hirnlego999 And you can't build a better economic model while cowering in the corner with a glass of alcohol.

[@raphaelostrowski6336]

Hirnlego999 you can always find an excuse

[@amiensarabellis8391]

@@raphaelostrowski6336 called secondary gain. They find escape into alcoholism easier than finding solutions.

[@hammill444]

I dunno. I know it sounds simplistic, but perhaps people should start to try-- even just a bit-- to not be so offended by things, to have a thicker skin, and not feel compelled to play the victim over every little thing they find " offensive".

[@bdog1323]

"Stars of the real housewives have it on their faces." Among other things that have gone on their faces to become a reality "star".

[@SirLangsalot]

Great comment. Ho ho ho ho ho.

[@alzingafagan7501]

@@SirLangsalot add a few 'es's to those hoes and we can definitely agree on something

[@PlacidDragon]

That was likely the implication, yes :D

[@DontGoToHell]

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

[@damaskito]

Slut shaming? What year is this?

[@santifoster1741]

Wow, didn't know that. MAJOR. Right on this time... I agree

[@dsjoakim35]

The only reason people still talk to me is because there were no cameraphones when I was still drinking.

[@sonmi2246]

Underrated comment.

[@72marshflower15]

@@sonmi2246 vastly..

[@gnk-seriespowerdroid4405]

Cameraphone?

[@dsjoakim35]

@@gnk-seriespowerdroid4405 Yes, that was what we used to call phones with cameras on them before every phone had a camera.

[@gnk-seriespowerdroid4405]

@@dsjoakim35 ah I see

[@darinfry1543]

Haven't seen that Ken burns documentary yet. Loved his Civil War pieces. Done so much great historical work

[@alphanerd7221]

He does pop BS.

[@julioleal5773]

Anyone see history of cocaine????? Hbo 10 years ago...

[@Jeremyramone]

The civi war one was brilliant in various ways

[@Markus_Andrew]

Darin, you should definitely check out Burns' Prohibition series, it's one of his best. I also highly recommend his Vietnam series.

[@Jeremyramone]

@@donofon101 good for him. The shelby foote parts are quite disturbing in that he claims slavery was on the way out in the south yet fails to mention that 99.99999 percent of the southern citizenry believed "blacks" were fundamentally inferior to "whites" . nevertheless the documentary is well worth watching.

[@spudsT]

Millennial here. We got served with this one!

[@redbaron6805]

@Brey That idea is comically stupid. It is like trying to fly two Zeppelin sized ego's through a keyhole... will never happen...

[@Heathcoatman]

We are taught by our peers in high school and college that the cool kids and fun kids drink. Show up to class on Monday saying 'Man, I was so wasted! (insert stupid drunk story here)". Problem is too many people never shake that. They get into their 30s and 40s still conditioned to think that fun means drinking, and nothing is fun without it. There is a name for people like this. Alcoholics.

[@mikejunior80]

That's not America's only problem. America has an education and critical thinking problem.

[@itstrbo]

Mix that with a drinking problem and youve got a dangerous cocktail

[@ELCLAVE300]

I couldn't agree more.

[@nerdanalog1707]

@@itstrbo Mix that with guns everywhere and you've got a cocktail molotov

[@SelfImageStylist]

Let's clink a single-malt, 50-year scotch glass to the over-educated with critical thinking problems who are running the country.

[@Hirnlego999]

It has economic problems, inequality, expensive medicine and lack of healthcare. Alcohol like any drug is a coping mechanism. You know, these are the things that a "communist" like Sanders would want to solve.

[@Schach65]

New Rule: America Has a Drinking Problem. American: Hold My Beer.

[@DontGoToHell]

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

[@medusaspupil]

@@DontGoToHell You sound brain washed by fox news.

[@jimmartin181]

....and watch this.

[@michellemaine2719]

@@DontGoToHell with climate change, increased pigment gives an evolutionary advantage. Get over it.

[@DanIel-eq9ob]

@@DontGoToHell sunshine = wHiTe gEnOciDe

[@bugsymo2005]

I was drinking so much I’m glad I’ve been able to cut back quit a bit

[@noluthando6757]

How many glasses are you drinking now?

[@harrybond7459]

That's quite a bit, not quit a bit.Quit abit is what you might want to do .

[@drinny26]

Just smoke a joint. So much better for you.

[@joeypethan5083]

*quite

[@DontGoToHell]

Africa for Africans, Asia for Asians, White countries for Everybody?! ONLY White countries are BULLIED that they must be BLENDED out of existence to solve the “race problem”, and this quest is never ending. Africa will still be African Asia will still be Asian For White people and ONLY White people it is oblivion. It’s increasingly obvious: Anti-racist is a CODEWORD for anti-White.

[@brendanwilliams5972]

3 years sober and very thankful everyday for it.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Congratulations! That's great to hear.

[@aroundandround]

Problem isn’t alcohol availability, rather it’s societal forces increasingly inducing loneliness, anxiety, boredom, depression, etc. that’s been causing the steady rise in alcohol consumption.

[@edinfific2576]

Even more than that, it is the attitude towards smoking, alcohol and drugs that is causing this epidemic. I have all the situations and symptoms you mention (except boredom), but I have never thought of using any of those poisons. Humans are too susceptible to suggestion, and if these ills are presented as "cool" or "OK", and then advertised and made available everywhere, it is no surprise that masses will fall for it. As for the boredom part, people need to try doing something good, right or useful, and they will find their hands full, with hardly any free time. If they try to do something stupid, bad or useless, there is so much of it surrounding them that there is not much left to do. Increasing (useful) knowledge can really help against boredom.

[@MavicAir1]

There comes a time when you drink long enough your body skips the fun buzz phase.

[@FriedrichBarb]

Loneliness, anxiety, boredom, depression, the main root cause for all these things is a lack of self control or discipline

[@aroundandround]

@@FriedrichBarb Hmm, anxiety and depression may be physiological ailments beyond one’s control for some folks, or at least alleviatable with prescription meds.

[@FriedrichBarb]

@@aroundandround Yes some pills do help a lot since I know much family and friends who it’s helped from experience, but it’s foolish to rely solely on pills and not change your way of life that makes you unhappy, or focusing on becoming more disciplined or strong minded, which is more important than medication in my opinion

[@MsTuliplady]

I drank like a fish from my late teens to my early 30s. When I started taking supplements to take care of my depression and ate clean, I went from drinking 5-6 days a week, to 2-4 times a month. In 6 months time. Effortlessly. But the biggest thing that changed the game? Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative. Quit the job you hate. Cut off the things you dislike in your life, and lean into the passions and hobbies you enjoy. Don't make excuses as to why you can't... Just do it. Watch your life change for the better

[@catherineshaw1122]

OK, now cut it out entirely and let us know how it goes, lol. If you're still drinking, you're still drinking. Good work on the reduction but it's like a junkie bragging about only shooting up seasonally now.

[@lynna7735]

What a selfish society we have. All those drunks driving on the roads endanger so many of us.

[@bogdan78pop]

I hope they get you ..!! less preaching from your kind , on what to do with my life...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lapislazarus8899]

I'd stay home and get drunk. I don't have anywhere to go.

[@Actias1974]

Aww what lovely virtue signaling. f off

[@Gutileonardo1]

I stopped drinking last month, it was a difficult but right decision

[@sperosversis3678]

Awesome! Congratulations!! I had 77 months yesterday. BEST THING I"VE EVER DONE, next to stopping smoking.

[@jennam7619]

Way to go ! It gets better!!

[@jamesbarker9819]

I have a tip for you. Get a healthy hobby, one where you are too busy to drink. Joining a gym and becoming focused on your health and making “gains” will help you focus away from the alcohol. Depending on where you live, you could do anything, like rock climbing, ice rock climbing, surfing, diving, or any other hobby that requires your complete sobriety. You got this!

[@GSauce20]

I did find myself drinking during the week all the time. I stopped it. It was making me feel so sick and unhealthy. I still have a couple of glasses of wine during the weekend but even that I am trying to slow down. I have even lost weight! Good for you!!!💯

[@exciteddemonstrator9150]

There’s an old Russian proverb: “One bottle of vodka is too much and three is not enough.” America: Russia is not a role model

[@IoEstasCedonta]

We have that saying, too - "one is too many and a hundred's not enough." Although that's usually understood to refer to shots rather than bottles.

[@Hirnlego999]

Russia is not even the worst. South Korea has bigger alcohol problems. They also have elderly killing themselves because they feel they are a burden to the economy

[@sawtooth808]

In some Russian villages Vodka is cleaner and safer to drink than their tap water.

[@j.dragon651]

Many people in this country love Putin. I would like to see them go to Russia and find out what he is really all about.

[@ziziscorsese9475]

jerome dragun ..I would love to meet V. Putin.

[@Kevin_Williamson]

Both drug and alcohol use have gone up since the pandemic. Because most people were never taught coping skills for stress and anxiety, among other causes. But, on the bright side, we Americans also have easy access to all kinds of semi-automatic weapons and shitloads of bullets. What could possibly go wrong?

[@JnEricsonx]

Everything would be my guess.

[@biff5856]

You got that right.

[@L3M0N4NDCH3RRYZZ]

I shot a shit load of bottles during the pandemic.

[@Teh_Chosen_Juan]

i have 2 guns and plenty of bullets here at the house. going on 12 years and funny thing, neither one of them have come out of their drawer and started shooting people. so weird!

[@Kevin_Williamson]

@@Teh_Chosen_Juan -- I'm guessing you were trying for some sort of humor? Or were you hoping for some sort of Good Boy Award for not shooting people? Or was this some odd attempt to say guns do all the shooting, and not people?

[@Estradaindalfer79]

I stopped drinking alcohol and it feels great!!

[@youthrevisitedagain]

Congratulations!

[@exciteddemonstrator9150]

Way to stick it to the alcohol industry. Those greedy fuckers rely on getting people hooked

[@jdocean1]

I quit cold turkey back in ‘15. I do get cravings sometimes when I hear a great song on a sunny day to drink some beer but I’ve got too many people depending on me nowadays. Besides, those hangovers were mutherfuckers!

[@True38]

@@exciteddemonstrator9150 Every industry out there is out to get you hooked. That's how business works. The more people they manage to get addicted to their products, the more profit. People are also stupid as fuck getting addicted to tobacco, spending loads of money just to kill themselves quicker and send them off to an early grave. I mean how stupid is that?

[@emanuelgonzalez577]

Congrats man !

[@phoenix22121991]

Loved this episode Bill. Very well done!

[@danieldalton6544]

I quit drinking 2 years ago and feel so much better.

[@guybartlett9587]

33 years for me, the best decision

[@janec.kowalczyk5824]

@Daniel Dalton that's awesome brother, way too go! Quitting drinking is no easy task. God bless you, today and always! 🙏♥

[@slatibaadfast]

@@guybartlett9587 stopped drinking in 1992 and haven't missed it at all. What was interesting though was the invites to parties started dying out as word got around. I'd go to a party, the host would ask, drink? I'd reply coffee or water. Oh, you're not drinking? Yes, coffee or water are drinks. Host: No I mean a beer or spirit, everyone else is having alcohol. Me: that's fine, I'm not stopping them, I just don't drink alcohol anymore. After about 6 months the invites stopped. Didn't get my coffee or water, so started taking my own bottled water.

[@mauricecardinalgrowing1014]

@@slatibaadfast Yeah they hate when you're not part of club silly. Good for you. I don't drink and haven't for a few years now. I feel so much better about everything.

[@guybartlett9587]

@@slatibaadfast I would rather drop into a nice juicy wave than drop my glass! Just made that up... Keep it up my friend.

[@j.s.connolly8579]

"Sir Ossis of the Liver"... wasn't he one of the Nights of the Round Table??? LOL :D

[@willieholmes1483]

He was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

[@ienigma220]

Lol

[@carultch]

It's cirrhosis of the liver.

[@willieholmes1483]

@@carultch, someone hasn’t got a sense of humor.

[@carultch]

@@willieholmes1483 I thought the OP legitimately didn't know what word he was saying.

[@buschg7106]

"Social media is the opposite of social" Very much true

[@adiposerex5150]

Can’t stomach it, never could. So happy.

[@cindygr8ce]

I quit drinking in 2008 when my first kid was born. I can't handle being hung over around kids but yeah alcohol is everywhere. My point is Bill, you should have pointed out that historically people drank booze since water was generally not clean especially in large populations so they had an excuse

[@PeterApgar]

This is true. But the beer the common folk drank back then was "small beer" which had a much lower alcohol content than the 5 to 8% ABV beer you see on shelves today. I guess a person could theoretically get buzzed from small beer but it would require some serious quaffing over a short period of time.

[@Halloween111]

Quite a few modern municipalities still have the same problem with the water.

[@midwestslotgeeks1081]

2001 when my first was born same reason I couldn’t care for my kids being hung over

[@cindygr8ce]

@@PeterApgar True we've made everything stronger then it ever was by "perfecting" things we only made them worse for us.

[@cindygr8ce]

@@Halloween111 and that's a sad fucking state of affairs but yeah let's not tax corporations to fix that or anything 🙄. I don't get people or even the things passing as people that run corps. If you keep poisoning your workforce eventually they gonna die off and you can't make $$. Birth rates are down and so is sperm count from all the poison who's gonna replace us? Oh forgot machines duh...

[@robothunter1035]

Yeah, I remember that, "grog time" down at the factory. It's funny though that it always seemed to come right before "traumatic amputation time." I think there might be some sort of connection.

[@rexpimplemyer3839]

Ya think? :D

[@bea4156]

Living in a state with legal weed I rarely drink anymore; why incur a hangover and a bunch of extra calories when you can just pop a gummy?

[@carldeithorn3450]

@Patrick J Mims, I agree with that. Alcohol and THC? 🤔 Totally different. Their effects upon mind and biology couldn't be more different from each other. 🍎🍊✌

[@malcolmxxx86]

@Patrick J Mims all weed makes me unsocial, a bit paranoid...just want to crawl under the covers...and this applies to sativa too give me alcohol and molly any day

[@apove1814]

I noticed Gummies help me not drink too. Yeah different. But I like gummies better now anyway. And yes - dead on - it’s the anxiety in society today. And it’s not changing anytime soon.

[@AlwaysIndoors]

For many people, one of those alleviates anxiety and the other exacerbates it

[@MothGirl007]

@@AlwaysIndoors Pot brings on severe anxiety attacks in some people, and is definitely not the harmless substance some people believe it is.

[@plasmaTee269]

Honestly, he's right about alcohol, but this also applies to drugs

[@Odima16]

*other drugs. Alcohol is a drug too. It just culturally doesn't get that label because it's legal and commonplace.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Yep, even weed.

[@GIJew]

@@catherineshaw1122 I can’t stand how weed has become so normalized. It still screws with your mental health and it’s definitely addictive. The people who tell you that “it’s not addictive” can’t stop themselves and are always soulless potheads who look 20 years older than they really are.

[@catherineshaw1122]

@@GIJew amen to that, it has been marketed very well and has everyone convinced that it's spiritual, lol.

[@gabrieljordan8015]

Haven't had even a shot in 2 years. I replaced drinking with hitting the gym. I completely understand the desire to numb anxiety but there are better alternatives.

[@maxmustermann9587]

Going to the gym can be as addictive as drinking. _"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance"_

[@randomami8176]

Great advice! Do they have Chardonnay at the gym? I can tolerate a rose also…

[@PW-le6cr]

God, you dry-drunks just always need to brag about something, don’t you

[@dal1949]

Don't take sobriety for granted!

[@maxmustermann9587]

@@PW-le6cr Overcoming addiction is one of the hardest things to do because you have to stand up to someone who knows you even better than yourself. That's why I say: _Whoever did overcome addiction has earned the right to brag about it._

[@jayneneewing2369]

Thank you, Bill, for saying something about alcohol use in this country. I’ve been thinking this for some years now. I am so glad you had the guts to bring this subject up. (Been a fan for ages.)

[@bignoknow]

My drinking got so bad I wound up in rehab twice in 2020 for a total of 6 months combined. I’m now 9 months sober and so much better off mentally, emotionally, and physically. The pandemic and my anxiety were to much for my coping skills in 2020 and I know allot of people who are still spinning that wheel. The rough truth is that if you drink allot, the first couple months or even longer can be pretty up and down between your ears and that’s what allot of people don’t fully realize. They stop drinking, anxiety actually gets worse and they get flat and bored. Brain needs to heal and other coping strategies need to be in place or we end up running back to booze. So glad I’m finally free.

[@beebeats8194]

Glad to hear you were able to make a change. Stay consistent and keep up the good work!

[@bradford433]

I can verify this. When you quit (at least, when I did) part of your brain doesn't realize it. So it's still producing chemicals as if nothing's changed and it feels like your brain's going a mile a minute. Took me a solid month to recover from that alone, and sometimes it seems like I never fully did. But it does get easier. You do get through it. I'm living proof and if I can do it, so can anyone!

[@seanbrown9048]

I know your comment is 7 months old, but I hope you’re doing well and staying sober. I never made it 6 months out of rehab before relapsing. Finally, a wise and kind doctor put me on Naltrexone; it was never mentioned at rehab or AA, not once. Naltrexone has been my miracle; I’m sober five years, no relapses and no urges to drink. One pill every morning; try it if you’re having a rough patch.

[@AyeCarumba221]

Bills comments about increased alcohol use are spot on. As a 62 year old who really doesnt drink much, i have been noticing this about friends for several years now. Including my spouse. I have friends that attempt to disguise it as a serious interest in different wines, wine tasting, wine exploration, but I’d be comfortable betting the farm that if wine did not have alcohol in it, these friends would hardly pay any attention to wine at all.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Spot on. My mother never had booze in the house when I was growing up, or for years after. Now, she has a fully stocked bar at home. She's 74, retired and financially comfortable for 20 years. She laughs it off as being part of the fun of being retired, while drinking and ingesting cannabis edibles. She's the child of an alcoholic with a drug addict brother and still thinks it's all fine. Very sad. In general, I see drinking being not just accepted but expected.

[@Viking_Luchador]

a grocery store with a bar in it seems like something that would've been created by South Park

[@sawtooth808]

Where and how do you think Trey and Matt came up with that idea?

[@MrHousecup]

Or Los Angeles…

[@funandgames4645]

In Louisiana you can get daiquiris at a drive through.

[@notlikely4468]

Well...I'll draw the line at free beer in the gun store...

[@Flip-3206]

We don't have bars in supermarkets where I live, but one chain does have a restaurant associated with it, and they serve liquor.

[@SIX6SIXer]

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy..." -Tom Waits

[@internetguy8075]

Ironically, Tom Waits is sober and in recovery.

[@joeohara3447]

He got it from Fred Allen

[@eddenoy321]

@@joeohara3447 And Fred Allen got it from WC Fields

[@joeohara3447]

@@eddenoy321 and he got it from Jesus 🤣

[@j.dragon651]

@@joeohara3447 and Jesus got it from Buddha.

[@nerdcave0]

Is it really because of *anxiety* though? We're a culture of excess and general lack of discipline; I don't think people are drinking at the zoo or Whole Foods because of anxiety, but who knows.

[@OscarUnrated]

I drink mainly for anxiety. Being at the zoo where there's a ton of people sounds like a place I'd want a drink

[@JenniferSmith-ho3im]

How are you doing Jay

[@christopherpederson1021]

Ultimately drinking causes anxiety worse

[@christophereng8691]

It’s the reason I drink for the most part, honestly. Not proud of it but it is what it is.

[@willjones6400]

Anxiety is an excuse for pussies

[@HlifeRomania91]

Bill thanks so much

[@bok7364]

America Has A Drinking Problem? Yes. It also has an unaffordable healthcare problem, a crappy wage problem, and a student loan debt problem. Coincidence? I think not.

[@SvensktTroll]

And a government and media that is so corrupt that it is almost unbelievable but that is true in my country to and most European countries i think.. Wish i could believe what they are telling us but we can't so being of your head on drugs or alcohol is the only option.. Buy as much food and whatever else you need ! Love from Sweden

[@phoenix5054]

Even rich people drink. It’s a cultural thing.

[@Wimikk]

My anxiety has plummeted since being approved for a mortgage. Coincidence? I think not. Give people economic security and alcohol consumption will fall.

[@RT22-pb2pp]

@@phoenix5054 rich folks have anxiety too. For what I have no idea. My only anxiety is not enough money, stressing about bills.

[@tradeladder146]

Dont forget Trump.

[@jopo7996]

I don't think there is a nationwide drinking problem. Although, this was so funny I nearly spit out my rubbing alcohol

[@mt-zf6xp]

Vanilla extract, brother

[@martagola5596]

Dude, savage ...

[@austintrousdale2397]

@@mt-zf6xp I was wondering why Tom Hanks c. 1983 was rifling through my pantry!

[@GSauce20]

😂😂😂

[@BishopWalters12]

I hate how American culture has to connect everything with alcohol, The movie theaters got bad enough with everyone owning a cell phone but throwing a bar in theaters just made it unbearable and That's why I always debate with people on the movie theater experience being dead before covid.

[@alzingafagan7501]

Yeah, I can live with the hushed pants of the couple behind me that just took off theirs but booze is where I draw the line.

[@foxsmith770]

I remember the first time I saw a bar at my local movie theater I was like "wtf..."

[@Primalxbeast]

@ItsStillRealToMe DamnIt I can pause the movie at home to take a piss I'm not going pay of fortune for a movie at the theater and then miss part of it, but then I stopped going to the theater anyway since people can't manage to stay off of their phones for 2 hours.

[@LordClydeofOMAR]

The last movie I ever saw at a theater was Joker. After that emotional gauntlet, I needed a beer. That's the only time I've ever had use for a movie theater bar.

[@patrickmanway290]

It's because we've become empty inside as a culture. The wholesome joys of life have been thrown aside as " uncool" or your labeled a goody two shoes. If you don't drink, your accused of being childish.

[@davidscott6201]

Dear Bill. Jimmy Failon, Jimmy Kibble and that other guy that is forgettable have nothing on you. You are still funny and have WIT. The rest of them only have the orange man. They are ONE DIMENSIONAL. I don't agree with many things you say about Republicans, however, I appreciate your candor and share your disdain for PHONY people. You still have talent.

[@lushen952]

I would actually say Stephen Colbert actually has more talent than anyone other than Conan. But of course Colbert does not even have a comedy routine anymore because his network takes bribes from the DNC... Bill Maher is the only late night talk show host that actually speaks his mind. I disagree with a lot of the things he believes but I respect that he's not afraid of getting fired.

[@unclemikey2004]

Thank you so much Bill for saying the obvious when no one else wants to bring it up in the media.

[@glitchs7604]

imagine what he is going to say when he discovers Australia exists

[@billgrandone3552]

On point!

[@luisreyes1963]

Crikey! 🇦🇺

[@hadesdragon]

Yeah fuckin really

[@BigSCTVfan]

Medicare For All would curb anxiety in millions of Americans, I'm sure.

[@kellibarnhouse6591]

A permanent law passed where our wages go up if our Employers raise prices (Inflation)! $15 an hour now, and $20 an hour by 2030! TAX THE RICH!

[@adamcharney]

And I guarantee Bill Maher is NOT in favour of that...

[@foxsmith770]

Seriously they canceled mine without notice or warning, their online services are down and the don't pick up the phone so that I can get answers. I swear I don't drink but I don't blame those who do, this country is a mess.

[@Mi82475]

@@kellibarnhouse6591 We had a similar system here in Italy, it was called "scala mobile" (escalator). It worked from 1945 (first partially, then for all salaries) to 1984 when the government started to cut it, and then eliminated it in 1992. It worked, helping massively the spending power of working class families... but inflation was HUGE and destroyed any savings. So people with savings (especially rich people) won the debate, you know, the Eighties, Reagan-Thatcher ecc

[@Mi82475]

@@jakobbauz in the Italian Constitution of 1947 health is a right and the Republic guarantees helthcare to the needy. So the principle is great, and almost nobody go bankrupt for medical expenses. The real healthcare service have some issues however... The national healthcare system was at first very centralized and somewhat inefficient, especially in the poorest parts of Italy. Then around 2000 a big federalist reform was made, and now all 20 regions have big power on their local system. Instead of solving the problems this made a mess and worsened the differences between rich and poor parts of Italy. Local healthcare systems are also a frequent place of corruption for local politicians and businessmen. Rightwing politicians, especially in the rich parts of Italy, try to copy the US, favoring private hospitals and helthcare insurances, and this was a common political debate point: "The public system is obsolete, we need few great advanced private hospitals like the US" "No, we need more and better public hospitals and less corruption" Then Covid... And the mess of having multiple healtcare systems became apparent. Sometimes the rich regions that chose big private hospitals were the worst, having destroied the public system to save money. ... and somethimes the poorer regions had no money for their public hospitals needing the Army. Now we will invest billions in public healtcare, I hope we do it right.

[@standunitefightusausausa9846]

Well said!

[@thomasderosa1458]

People are drinking because living America is becoming more and more nightmarish by the day.

[@SvensktTroll]

That is true everywhere i think ? It's true in EU at least

[@danporath536]

People know the system is stacked against them, and that legacy/corporate media will never tell the truth of how. They retreat to social media to find the like minded, but only increase their own anxiety.

[@magicmarker7047]

I think people drink B/C the whole American idea is a lie.

[@redbaron6805]

I'm not convinced it is any worse or any better than it was before. People simply have more ways to compare themselves to other people. And because of the delusion of social media, where people curate their image of having their perfect job and living their perfect lives, living in their perfect house with their perfect spouse and taking the perfect vacation with their perfect kids. In reality, those people have often openly admitted the entire facade was a carefully produced lie. It is like women getting body image issues and anxiety from comparing themselves to magazine covers and pictures, while in reality those people are airbrushed and photo shopped and don't actually exist in that form in real life. Add camera filters, makeup and lighting and everyone is trying outfake everyone else in the fake social media world. In real life, people are anxious, stressed out, hopelessly lonely and increasingly feel like they live in a world they don't belong in. That is the real tragedy of technology and social media. It doesn't substitute for the real thing, no matter how much people try to convince themselves it does.

[@politicfish925]

I haven’t had a drink in over a decade. I’m incredibly thirsty.

[@72marshflower15]

Watta mo betta ✨✊✨

[@politicfish925]

@@72marshflower15 Fa sho!

[@72marshflower15]

@@politicfish925 ~ I’m fighting it something fierce.. like no other you’ve ever met.. ~ fought it off for 6 months about 6 months ago.. The return has been hard.. 🥴

[@mgoblue9389]

I'm proud to say I am not contributing to this problem because I rarely drink anymore. Cannabis, though, heh

[@carldeithorn3450]

😉 Likewise... 👌💭💭💭✌

[@mauricecardinalgrowing1014]

I've never had to apologize to anyone the next morning when I smoke a joint. I don't have to re-key my vehicles because I lost my keys. I never wash my phone in my washer anymore and I'm not hanging out in the number one place you can find trouble. The bar. Weed is for focus and booze is good if you feel like punishing yourself and those around you. Every sip you take your feeding a greedy government and that's the number one reason I quit. They want you drunk enough to go along with all the main stream lies.

[@edmessina8392]

@@mauricecardinalgrowing1014 I lost my truck twice in the past during drinking years....not that I would have had any business driving. Once I found it in a pay to park surface lot at least 2 miles from where I completed my binge....the following day. Second time I lost it nearish Wrigley field in Chicago (tons of bars in area). That time I gave up, took a train home, assembled a handful of friends the following day, we drove down, got drunk again and proceeded to scour the area looking for my xterra (back when every third person had an xterra). After about 3 hours, possibly more, I found it about a couple of miles southwest of where I finished drinking that night. No rhyme or reason. I think at least once I probably parked it and then grabbed a cab to my destination. Dangerous nonsense and I'm blessed to have never harmed someone.

[@RayBetterThanEvilCanival]

As an alcoholic, I appreciate so many venues accommodating my disability. Thanks so much America!

[@blackbox3008]

I always order alcohol on airplanes because I’m actually LESS angry I’ve never understood why people get angry when they’re drunk; my friends have always said I’m a lot nicer

[@LupoGalante]

I have always said that the biggest cause of my drinking is other people

[@redbaron6805]

That is because people have different personalities when they are drunk. Some people are happy drunk, some people are mellow drunk, and some people are angry caveman drunk and want to fight everyone around them. If you the first two, you will be fine. The last one.... not so much. Knowing your other personality helps to determine where you should be drinking, and if you should drink at all...

[@TempestTossedWaters]

Alcohol lowers inhibitions. Whatever you're holding back, you'll see more of it when you're drunk.

[@ferenc-x7p]

I quit drinking at age 30. So my drinking era was 18-30. I'm 46 now, I still have beer in the fridge my brother brought over in February, untouched. When you have a family member die who was an alcoholic, you will evaluate life and importance. All the jokes on drinking and getting drunk looks quite ridiculous and makes the younger think it's completely normal to destroy your braincells and flush your blood veins on a daily basis. No wonder that adults can't think straight or make logical conclusions, when they are actively killing their braincells on a daily basis.

[@zerkzy842]

I’ve now been sober for 27 days. Not in a row though 😮

[@PetroleumPelle]

Strange how he relates drinking to being passed out drunk the whole time. I've lived in Europe my entire life and here it is very normal to have a glass of wine during lunch without getting "shitfaced".

[@andrewjohnson6716]

I think that he is more referring to the particular problem that the USA faces. A culture of seeing becoming drunk as the end goal of drinking. It is a very different outlook from that of Europe. There are few people in Europe who, when out drinking with their friends, are “keeping score”, trying to out drink those they are with, doing things like “chugging” drinks (attempting to down an entire drink in one draught).

[@Habitatti]

I think it's normal around the world to drink a beer/wine with lunch, even in the US, even though most people don't generally do it. For me it's friday lunch thing, if I do it at all. The difference is when you start putting bars at wholefoods and fast food restaurants.

[@Habitatti]

@slider2699 Almost. He looks at alcohol, like it's a recreational substance, or a "drug" if you will. Which weed is also, but not in the same degree.

[@paulppchristman5827]

Nonchalant attitudes such as yours, PetroleumPelle, encourage others to drink alcohol to excess. Thanks. Stay in Europe or go back there.

[@Habitatti]

@@paulppchristman5827 No. Recreational substances are not the problem. It's the education about them and knowing your limits that's the problem. Not a glass of wine with food, which weirdly enough actually has some longevity benefits if you also eat healthy.

[@Agoateeman]

Bill, you are exactly right. It seems we can't do anything without booze being a big part of it.

[@km6543]

I'm a teetotaler, but being one makes me not much fun at parties.

[@catherineshaw1122]

@ItsStillRealToMe DamnIt God no, why replace one drugs with another? Ditch booze, weed, caffeine and television, see how amazing your life really is.

[@xenon333]

As a Russian, I can attest, it's horrific what alcohol has done to my once great nation. We've come to the point where we wear our alcoholism as a badge of honor.

[@mgmarrow]

I'm Russian, too. Half of my family is dead from alcohol related trauma and liver disease. We've been in the USA since 1906, so it may be in the genes. Since most Russians refuse to seek medical attention for anything, we seldom visit doctors for the treatment of depression and tend to self-treat at home with the Stolichnaya.

[@catherineshaw1122]

Same with Irish communities.

[@kuwait85]

The fact that you mentioned Bret Weienstien and the Ivermectin studies ....good on you champ

[@bballjulien]

They should do with alcohol what they do with cigarettes: No commercials for it, high taxes on it, etc. Alcohol is much worse for you than cigarettes, most people dont even know you can die from the withdrawals

[@redbaron6805]

Not sure it is "worse" for you, it just kills you far quicker when it gets out of control. Then again, if the choice was dying slowly from cancer or quickly from liver failure... I would probably take quickly. At least alcohol is a pain killer in the meantime...

[@bballjulien]

@@redbaron6805 lol look up what dying from cirrhosis is like. You get a pregnant stomach, are in incredible pain all the time and turn yellow/green. My uncle died from it and after slowing decaying for about a year his body identified his blood as poisonous and he bled out in the ER from his eyes, ears, mouth, ass, etc. They dont give livers to people who drink unless you wanna take your chances in Mexico

[@redbaron6805]

@@bballjulien I don't doubt for a second it can be a horrible death, but have you seen people with cancer where they remove their voice box and you have to breath through a tube while your body falls apart? Both are horrible deaths for sure. I'm not sure anyone would really want to choose one over the other....

[@bballjulien]

@@redbaron6805 my grandpa died of lung cancer I know its terrible but alcohol also destroys your mind and depleats uour body of all minerals and vitamins it needs to function properly. You get early onset dementia and start having psychotic breaks and hallucinations. Look up someone with "wet brain" its fucked up