It is almost the top 10 countries facing alcohol addiction globally Exclusively European. In 20198.4 percent of the EU population aged 15 years and over consume alcohol daily. According to the Global Health OrganizationEurope has the highest percentage of alcohol drinkers and the highest alcohol intake in the world.
Factors that lead to the infection of certain people, or even certain population groups Alcohol issues It varies from biological and environmental to social and psychological. Europeans in particular may be more genetically predisposed to eating fatty foods and consuming alcohol due to a shift in so-called Galanin gene.
Social drinking habits across Europe also weigh heavily. It informs the identities, economies and cultures of many European societies. One study Interestingly, it is not the individual's consumption that influences alcoholism, but rather the cultural beliefs surrounding it. Communities with positive beliefs about alcoholic beverages, mainly defined as “humid” and Mediterranean communities, are less likely to face the same substance abuse problems as their “dry” and “Nordic” counterparts.
Because of globalizationAnd Homogenization of drinking cultures across EuropeThe way Europeans drink is changing over time and becoming noticeable with the new generation. Underage drinking has decreased Significantly, by 22% among young people in EuropeAlthough these numbers are far from perfect, their effects are promising. Public policies, Redefining social normsthe newfound awareness of mental health is causing young people to turn away from the drinking trend, e.g 36% of Generation Z Choose to become psychologically “sober” as well As financial reasons.
However, older Europeans are less keen on turning to tea as a treatment. Although EU prevention strategies have been developed to mitigate alcoholism and its social impacts, alcohol sales continue to impact our economic systems, affecting every aspect of our lives.
Today's guests
Peter Sarosi Human rights activist and drug policy expert. He is the founder and editor of the magazine Drug reporter The project was established in 2004 to advocate for drug policy reform in the Central and Eastern European region.
Istvan Czerto He is a general English-Hungarian translator and a PhD student in social psychology researching the field of cognitive neuroscience. He is also an adjunct lecturer at Károly Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary.
Dr. Matti Capitani Fovini He is a clinical psychologist with over 10 years of experience in the fields of therapeutic care and addiction research. He has written and published several books on addiction in Hungarian, including The Psychology of Alcoholism and A Thousand Faces of Addiction.
We meet them in RLeather workshop at Közben Stúdió in Budapest.
Creative team
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Murphy Akiel, Artistic Director
Zylvia Pinter, producer
Zofia Gabriella Babb, executive producer
Margareta Lechner, writer and editor
Salma Shaka, writer and editor
Priyanka Hutchenreiter, Project Assistant
administration
Hermann Riesner General Manager
Judit Ksikos is project manager
Ms. Chela Kardos, Office Administration
Budapest video crew
Nora Roszkay, audio engineering
Gergely Aaron Babai, Photography
Laszlo Halasz, photography
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Nora Roszkay, lead video editor
Istvan Nagy, video editor
Milan Golovics, Conversation Editor
art
Animation by Victor Maria Lima
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Captions and subtitles
Julia Sobota Closed caption, Polish and French translation; Manage language versions
Farah Ayyash, translator
Mia Belen Soriano, translator
Marta Verdebar translated into Croatian
Lydia Nadori, translated into German
Katalin Szlukovényi is a Hungarian translator
Daniela Unifazo, translated into German
Olena Yermakova is a Ukrainian translator
Aida Yermikbaeva is a Russian translator
The Martian Zaslavsky movie with Italian subtitles
Sponsored Meanwhile studio, Budapest.
sources
Alcoholism by country 2024World Population Review.
Alcohol consumption statisticsEurostat.
Alcohol abuse in EuropeGlobal Health Organization.
Causes of alcoholism and risk factorsAlcohol Rehabilitation Handbook.
Europeans “evolved” to drink more By Kudelia O'Neill, The Independent.
Social and cultural aspects of drinkingSocial Issues Research Center.
Dry and wet cultures in the era of globalization By Robin Romm, Health & Society.
Changes in alcoholic beverage choice and risky drinking among adolescents in Europe 1999-2019 Written by Joanna K. Lowe et al. al, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
SpiritsEUROPE welcomes the decline in alcohol consumption among young people in EuropeEurope.
Declines in youth drinking: What are the implications for public health, public policy, and public debate? By John Holmes et al. al, International Journal of Drug Policy.
The downward trend in teen drinking: Do volume and drinking pattern go hand in hand? By Ingeborg Rousseau et al. al, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Generation Z is ushering in a new era of prohibition but it's not because of a widespread temperance movement — it's just economics By Chloe Berger, Fortune.
Young people's explanations for the decline in youth drinking in England By Victoria Whittaker et al. al, BMC Public Health, Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition.
Every university student in Hungary uses drugs, and a third of them drink alcohol weekly By Tamas Vajna, Cobit. (Hungarian)
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