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People in my life just do not drink when we get together.

In many non-Anglo-Euro countries, drinking is seen as moderately aberrant behaviour akin to frequenting sex workers or doing drugs.

I remember that everyone would whisper about an uncle of mine who "drank".

The poor man had around 5 or 6 drinks a week and has a moderately successful career as a lawyer at my country's Supreme Court.

But he was still the one who "drank".

> In many non-Anglo-Euro countries, drinking is seen as moderately aberrant behaviour akin to frequenting sex workers or doing drugs.

That was your experience but is simply untrue as a generalization.

Arguably what is frowned upon is uncontrolled binge drinking and asocial behabiour of people who cannot hold a drink.

Wine and beer culture are still very much a part of social and family life in quite literally the whole of Europe.

>In many non-Anglo-Euro countries, drinking is seen as moderately aberrant behaviour akin to frequenting sex workers or doing drugs.

You've gotta give some examples here.