Beating the booze in Siberia

Alcohol abuse is a major problem that many families facing in the Russian countryside. So, in Siberia, 19 local women have organised a Women's Council that they say is taking on each and every vodka-drinker in their village and beyond.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• booze
• Siberia
• alcoholic
• vodka-drinker
• Women's
• Council

[flexibleenough]

Parents should be responsible for their son or daughter, if they become alcoholics. Families have no weight and no responsibility, that's the main problem.

And yes, it is a women's question, first of all. Every alcoholic has mother. Every child spends about 90% of time with his mother, not father. Even when he is present (which is not always the case). Every mother should take care of this problem, not only feed and do the washing - this is not enough.

[AjaxService]

I think offering jobs and real opportunities to these people would have a much better effect and would also improve many other things.

[TheTruthYouCantHandl]

he is gay lol

[PosholNahooy]

And you all wonder why there is an entire market for Russian mail order brides? Because their men are drunken pigs and they beat these poor women, so of course they want salvation and escape from the shithole they live in.

[artemavich]

Russian drinking and domestic problems, especially in Siberia, are more than just a modern day issue. It's somewhat engraved in our Slavic roots. And in a way, it is part of tradition and culture. I address this as someone who grew up in Tomsk (a city and oblast' in Siberia) seeing this issue in person and even in my own family (my dad enjoys his fair share of "medicine" lol). But with today's constantly changing society in all nations, I don't know if I myself will turn out like that, haha

[NemeSisLFay]

STFU