tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125653241615635488.post7903906974081082687..comments2024-01-18T20:42:30.221+00:00Comments on Thinking to some purpose: Budget day and the de-normalisation of drinkingWill Haydockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00623145846257433457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125653241615635488.post-58387235442092440942014-08-13T14:55:05.363+01:002014-08-13T14:55:05.363+01:00We have of course been drinking a bit less for ove...We have of course been drinking a bit <i>less</i> for over a decade now...<br /><br />But you have a good point, that drinking is increasingly seen as something to be ring-fenced from everyday life rather than integrated in it, which I would say ultimately isn't a healthy trend.<br /><br />In the past, a lot of people's drinking had a somewhat ritualistic aspect to it which put it into a social context and kept it within bounds - see <a href="http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/small-tincture.html" rel="nofollow">this blogpost</a>.Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558747878308766840noreply@blogger.com