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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
You can get arrested for being drunk in the US?
damn.
I drank (at home, at parties, in pubs, in car parks, etc) since I was 15 and I never got in any trouble for it. One time the police asked for my name and address (cos I was drinking champagne and port with a couple of mates on a golf course at midnight and was wearing all black clothing) - but he didnt give a shit about the booze.
When I visited the states I noticed how uptight it was about booze. I got asked for ID three or four times (when I was 27, 20+ stones heavy and had a full beard) - which is weird experience when youre used to being able to drink in pubs from 15/16 years old in the UK with no one bothered as long as you behaved.
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Strange Famous, part of me agrees with you that a lot of folks in the US are too uptight about alcohol consumption.
OTOH, based on what I've seen in my British in-laws here and in the UK, there are a lot of heavy drinkers and alcoholics in the UK who rationalize their drinking with "...but I drink responsibly" and "We let the children drink at home so that they don't get into trouble when they go out with their friends." I readily admit that my observations are limited, and I have a bias as an aloholic.