HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Binge Drinking, Thirteenth Step, Early Modern Europe
6 Apr 2018
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Most harmful drug but it is the most commonly used and available drug of use. Used in rituals and it given a cultural value. This special status is not natural - in other contexts, alcohol treated as serious and illegal danger. Clear reminder that the meaning and status of substances are socially constructed. This has implications for alcohol by other substances of addiction ad well. In di erent societies outside of canada, the meaning of alcohol has di erent social status. Dual perspective on problem drinking - not simply chronic dependence but also acute intoxication How we drink located us in terms of gender, age, class, religion, ethnicity, and national identity. Drinking is performative- it communicates messages to others about oneself and it is something that gets read by others as well. Also ready by others- styles of drinking, drinking of choice, drinking locations- all communicate personal characteristics.
