Pimp_Daddy_Patty t1_jcxpvhz wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:11 AM

Reply to comment by mister_XYZ42 in We created a society that is so hard to live in, that in order to not live in a constant state of anxiety, we need Marijuana or anti-depressants. by Adventurous-6981

No, they just got violently drunk and went home to beat their wives and kids

robbage24 t1_jcxq1su wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:13 AM

I’ve read a little about how much people used to drink….and it seems maybe a tad excessive, like a bottle of whiskey a day? Like was everyone just an alcoholic for like several hundred years?

Pimp_Daddy_Patty t1_jcxq5u3 wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:15 AM

Not that I agree with prohibition, but part of the reason it happened in the States is due to domestic violence.

Rogavor t1_jcxq62w wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:15 AM

yes

robbage24 t1_jcxr11s wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:25 AM

Fair point I suppose

Rogavor t1_jcxr6rx wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:26 AM

Thank you

Tanagrabelle t1_jcxr89c wrote on March 20, 2023 at 11:27 AM

And their wives went to doctors who prescribed various things such as trepanning, leeches, laudanum...