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DISCRIMINATION AND IT’S EFFECTS ON ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION A number of social and cultural factors involve increased alcohol use, and discrimination is one of this factor. The role of discrimination and stress in health-related risk behaviours, including alcohol use, has been well established. The stress and coping mechanisms involved with being discriminated explains the increase in alcohol use. Discrimination is seen as a key social stressor that elicits a physiological response, including elevated blood pressure and release of stress hormones, which may have lifelong deleterious effects, including increased alcohol use. Selfreported unfair treatment and racial discrimination has been linked to higher alcohol use among Asian Americans and Latinos among other ethnic groups. Another group that which is at particular risk for alcohol problems stemming from their experiences with discrimination are those in the LGBT community, who experience high levels of discrimination related to sexual orientation and gender identification. One study found that more than two-thirds of LGBT adults experienced discrimination, and individuals who reported discrimination based on race, gender, and sexual orientation were almost four times more likely to use alcohol and other substances. C O S M O | 1 4
The impact of the weather We now have new evidence that the weather and in particular the temperature and amount of sunlight that we are exposed to has a strong influence on how much alcohol we consume. Furthermore this weather related alcohol consumption is directly linked to our chances of developing the most dangerous form of liver disease, cirrhosis which can ultimately end in liver failure and death. Recently, a study was made looking at multiple countries around the world and the US, comparing average annual sunshine hours and average temperature with overall alcohol consumption, rates of heavy drinkers and rates of liver cirrhosis attributable to alcohol. The findings were impressive. There is a direct relationship between reduced sunshine, cold weather and alcohol consumption, heavy drinking and alcoholic cirrhosis. Essentially as the weather gets colder and sunlight hours go down you are more likely to drink alcohol, and drink it in a harmful way and go on to develop liver disease. "There is a direct relationship between reduced sunshine, cold weather and alcohol consumption" But bad weather while being an important criteria in being depressed isn’t the only reason people drink more. A bartender we have interviewed for example told us that they had many more people during sunny and hot days because people are thirsty. And also because they are often in holidays and can therefore drink as much as they want without worrying too much about going to work the day after. C O S M O | 1 5
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