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These are excellent videos. I love learning about Soviet history. I was in High School when the Soviet Union collapsed and I met kids whose families fled the USSR. I am still learning today. Thank you. Please make more.
Hello 🎉 from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Thank you for a glimpse inside the Soviet Union. We're all just people trying to get through this world. We have always had bad problems with drugs, it's such a waste of potential when someone passes away. I'm sorry about your friends, addiction is so destructive. Thank you for talking about this
Thanks for the video! And anyone who sees the video and struggles with alcohol abuse themselves: you can do it ❤️ My mother drank for many years, the marriage broke up, we children stayed with our father, she married an alcoholic. They both went to rehab years later and have been sober for almost 20 years. You can't undo what has happened without a trace, but you can change your life and experience forgiveness ❤
This is the part we didn’t hear because there were always these really nasty stereotypes around Russians and alcohol. But it never explained the impact of alcohol and alcoholism in this context. I’m so sorry for the loss of your classmates through the most tragic circumstances. I will honor them in my heart because they were important and significant human beings. Thank you so much for sharing.😢❤
You are right, there is an unpleasant stereotype about alcohol and the Soviet person. Of course, this problem exists, but it also exists in many other countries. It was just more visible in the USSR. Efforts were made to combat alcoholism, but the natural conditions, the low cost of alcohol, and the lack of interesting leisure activities led to the widespread nature of this problem. Thank you very much for your kind words about my classmates. These girls deserved better. I remember with great regret those who couldn’t overcome alcohol.
Hi Julie - thanks for posting this. You put a lot of time and effort into presenting the problem. I had heard a little bit about the drinking and once worked with a friend from Russia who talked about all the business being taken care of (goods and services) via black market (stuff exchanged over the fence). I am so sorry to hear about your friends and their families, especially their children. I'm hoping that people are able to get on top of their drinking problems and that the next generations make different choices.
As someone with several alcoholics in my family, Its frustrating that drinking culture has always been such a pervasive part of humanity. I dont drink and I try not to judge those who are struggling but its hard.
Very interesting. Sorry to hear about your classmates. Alcohol can be a big problem, especially for girls, it takes a lot less for them to become affected. We have the opposite problem here in the US, alcohol consumption is way down. I sell spirits, and business is not good.
Thank you for your perspective. It's interesting to hear how trends differ between countries. In our time, up until the 2000s, alcoholism seemed like an epidemic, but now it doesn’t seem as widespread. However, drugs have become a different kind of problem
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These are excellent videos. I love learning about Soviet history. I was in High School when the Soviet Union collapsed and I met kids whose families fled the USSR. I am still learning today. Thank you. Please make more.
Hello 🎉 from Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Thank you for a glimpse inside the Soviet Union. We're all just people trying to get through this world. We have always had bad problems with drugs, it's such a waste of potential when someone passes away.
I'm sorry about your friends, addiction is so destructive. Thank you for talking about this
The stories of your two classmates is heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for the video! And anyone who sees the video and struggles with alcohol abuse themselves: you can do it ❤️ My mother drank for many years, the marriage broke up, we children stayed with our father, she married an alcoholic. They both went to rehab years later and have been sober for almost 20 years. You can't undo what has happened without a trace, but you can change your life and experience forgiveness ❤
Many friends and family destroyed by drugs and alcohol
Thank you for your time in making these videos and sharing ❤
This is the part we didn’t hear because there were always these really nasty stereotypes around Russians and alcohol. But it never explained the impact of alcohol and alcoholism in this context. I’m so sorry for the loss of your classmates through the most tragic circumstances. I will honor them in my heart because they were important and significant human beings. Thank you so much for sharing.😢❤
You are right, there is an unpleasant stereotype about alcohol and the Soviet person. Of course, this problem exists, but it also exists in many other countries. It was just more visible in the USSR. Efforts were made to combat alcoholism, but the natural conditions, the low cost of alcohol, and the lack of interesting leisure activities led to the widespread nature of this problem.
Thank you very much for your kind words about my classmates. These girls deserved better. I remember with great regret those who couldn’t overcome alcohol.
Thanks Julie. Such a tragic story, such a dark aspect of the history of Soviet Communism.
Hi Julie - thanks for posting this. You put a lot of time and effort into presenting the problem. I had heard a little bit about the drinking and once worked with a friend from Russia who talked about all the business being taken care of (goods and services) via black market (stuff exchanged over the fence). I am so sorry to hear about your friends and their families, especially their children. I'm hoping that people are able to get on top of their drinking problems and that the next generations make different choices.
As someone with several alcoholics in my family, Its frustrating that drinking culture has always been such a pervasive part of humanity. I dont drink and I try not to judge those who are struggling but its hard.
Rural America is still like this. Unfortunately. It's very hard to farm and survive with limited recourse.
Great video! Thanks for the truly honest assessment of what it was really like.
Thank you, I'm glad you liked the video.
As I mentioned, this is just a small part of what we can share. So stay tuned!
Very interesting. Sorry to hear about your classmates. Alcohol can be a big problem, especially for girls, it takes a lot less for them to become affected. We have the opposite problem here in the US, alcohol consumption is way down. I sell spirits, and business is not good.
Thank you for your perspective. It's interesting to hear how trends differ between countries. In our time, up until the 2000s, alcoholism seemed like an epidemic, but now it doesn’t seem as widespread. However, drugs have become a different kind of problem
@@Soviet-Born Same here, the young people prefer the drugs
Probably because everyone is smoking cannabis now. Can hardly go anywhere now without smelling it. It’s horrible
Same here sad drink happy drink
I just wonder if the organization called alcoholics anonymous has had any impact perhaps in the larger cities
I wonder how many people died from withdrawal when the government cracked down on selling vodka, or did most people manage to still get it illegally.
Some people managed, but again, many were often poisoned, especially due to the substitution of ethanol with methanol
would you please mention which city of Russia are you living? This is general question not related to Alcoholism section.
My dogs do very well on Ketim
We all liked Stoli
Don't like the alcohol graft