Throughout the world alcoholism has been a feature of life. Just about every government encourages alcohol consumptions as it is a great source of the tax revenue. The British in particular are fond of imposing what they call "Sin Taxes" on nicotine and alcohol. Interestingly enough this does nothing to deter the "sinners" who moan and whinge but get over it and carry on consuming as before.

Taxes in the US are pretty low, and vary from State to State. A study in Florida in August 2010 suggested increasing the tax to account for inflation and claiming it would reduce the death's in that state directly attributable to alcohol by 600 to 800 per annum. This conclusion may not hold up with the correlation between tax rates and alcoholism in high taxed countries.

The highest taxed country is probably Sweden which imposes a swingeing tax on all alcohol. Students in the UK used to pay for their trips to Sweden by smuggling a few bottles of Brandy or Whisky and selling it a 200% profit to locals who thought they were getting a bargain. Even now, when the Swedes go to Austria in great numbers over the Christmas week, the price of drinks in the bars jump substantially as the Swedes try to drink them dry. The UK itself which is one of the higher taxed economies in Europe has a pretty steady alcoholism incidence.

Even so this has not made a noticeable difference in consumption and alcoholism in Sweden is still a problem for the government.

In countries where tax on alcohol is low there does not appear to be a higher rate of alcoholism than in high taxed countries. Alcoholism is an illness. And it is an illness that can affect anyone who is inclined to addictions.

And like all illnesses it is a lingering one where a major part of the illness is denial. Well for those who deny that they have a drinking problem little can be done until they realize it for themselves. When they do they will need to stop drinking alcoholic beverages entirely. 1 drink is too many and 2 drinks are never enough once the illness has got its claws into you.

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