On Sunday night we went out into Great Yarmouth (and finally found somewhere in Yarmouth with no cheese!), on our way back to our cars at midnight we noticed a guy passed out outside KFC and a female friend trying to help him…we thought we’d step in and help out this guy who’d had way too much to drink, so Dave went off with his female friend to find his other friends, we managed to get him to drink some water and sit up.

Dave appears back with this guys friends, one of whom then states ‘Oh he’s laying down facing the ground, I came out of there for nothing, let’s go back get hammered’.

I think I finally understand how Jeremy kyle feels when he yells at his guests who just don’t get it. Why do we have a society that cares more about going back to get wasted than a friend who needs to be looked after, not left in a doorway of a KFC.

On BBC News yesterday Jamie Oliver suggested that people in the UK care more about getting drunk than eating well (Link) and I think he’s right but not just about food, I think people in this country have a very immature attitude towards alcohol, the amount of people who get paid on a friday then get hammered that evening in this country is so high that certain supermarkets are giving staff warnings if they don’t come in the day after a pay day.

When did someone wake up and say ‘I know what’ll be a great night out, I’ll go out, drink a lot, wake up the next morning in my own vomit and not have a clue what I did the night before or who I did it with?’

It just makes no sense…to top it off this girl who stated she had wasted her time coming out to see her semi-unconscious friend stated that she still had £70 to spend drinking…is it just me or is that a waste?

The drinking culture in this country scares me, the way we encourage drinking (particually to young people) is dangerous….the price of drinks at universities is ridiculously low, a couple of months ago it announced that it was cheaper to buy beer in Tesco than water…it’s a crazy world.

If you’re reading this blog I want to hear your opinion of our drinking culture, and your opinion of alcohol, if you like waking up in your own vomit what do you like about it? If you’re sensible and actually enjoy the alcohol for it’s taste rather than effect comment….any comments are good!

Rant over!