Click "Show more" for more! http://www.rte.ie/presspack/2013/02/07/under-the-influence-new-series/ : " In this four part series, Des Bishop explores the Irish relationship with alcohol and other addictions. ... The national debate on social norms was further ignited [in 2012] by a Health Research Board Survey on alcohol which found that 72% of respondents know someone who they believe drinks too much. Are we all in denial? Is there such a thing as an addictive personality? What part does society as a whole play in facilitating excessive behaviour and at what cost? Contributors to Under the Influence include: Diarmaid Ferriter, frontline medics such as Dr Chris Luke, Dr Frank Murray, counsellors Austin Prior and Frances Black, politicians Roisin Shortall TD and Ming Flanagan TD, journalist Una Mullally;, comedians David McSavage, Willa White and Colm O'Regan. Clár 1: http://youtu.be/I-Bs1s23-vc Des looks at Irish identity and how it is linked to alcohol. Clár 2:: http://youtu.be/VlCEkfqrXiI Des explores the areas of alcohol marketing, sponsorship and regulation. He teases out the tricks of the marketing trade and looks at the attempts at self-regulation by the drinks industry, including the [industry-led] "drinkaware.ie" campaign, and the effects of the widespread availability and greater affordability on Irish drinking patterns Clár 3: http://youtu.be/87kAzyllMRE Des returns to New York. With his mother Eileen and aunt Mary he explores his family's experience with alcoholism ('it doesn't run in our family, it gallops!'). He returns home to Ireland and looks at the affects of alcoholism on families and society and the treatments and supports available. Clár 4: http://youtu.be/-B6rYxYYU54 Des looks at socialising without alcohol, and the ups and downs of going to nightclubs sober. Des asks about socialising without alcohol, not just youth cafés and alcohol free discos but also the ups and downs of going to nightclubs sober. Des launches a campaign to bring back the slow set and also a 31-day challenge for the month of March". : http://www.rte.ie/presspack/2013/02/07/under-the-influence-new-series http://alcoholireland.ie/facts/ http://desbishop.net/ , http://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Des_Bishop , https://www.facebook.com/desbishop Drug abuse http://www.drugs.ie/ http://www.politics.ie/forum/health-social-affairs/205707-under-influence-des-bishop-documentary-examine-alcohol-abuse-ireland.html alcólachas, deoch bain mheisciúil, feachtas in aghaidh tiomána faoi thionchar dí, tiomáint ar meisce, tionscal na ndeochanna, drink a few gallons of bear, ag ól cúpla galún leanna ..., drinking heavily, ar an ndrabhlas, ar na cannaí, ar na stoic stárthacha, blind drunk

• published: 03 Feb 2014
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