[Sherman Logan]

According to wiki, the Brits consume 13.4 liters of pure alcohol per person per year. Americans are at 9.4.

The world leader is Moldova, at 18.2, with Ukraine, understandably, at #4, 15.6.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption

BTW, in colonial and early national days, Americans drank a lot more alcohol than we do today. 1830, 14.8 liters.

https://suite101.com/a/the-rise-and-fall-of-alcohol-consumption-in-early-america-a224180

[Wallace T.]

The United States is at nearly the bottom of per capita alcohol consumption among the Western democracies, and is well below the comparable figures recorded for Ireland, Britain, and Germany, the three most common ancestral homelands of the white population. Only Norway and Iceland consume less alcohol than we do on a per capita basis.

At least in one health statistic, Americans are doing very well.

[momtothree]

Moldova I can fully understand! I have some friends who came from Moldova (they are full blown Americans now). Sherman... by drinking... wow. I won’t get into details because they are beyond ugly but I attended my friend’s small birthday party. I am not a drinker... never have been really. They toast when a new person enters the home. They toast when someone leaves. They toast for today, yesterday, tomorrow and so on. My future plans include MAILING a birthday gift! (let’s leave it at that!!)