Comments on: Binge Drinking… In Indonesia?

By: Marisa

Marisa — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 13:27:00 +0000

Binge drinking in Indonesia. Hm. Well there’s this thing in Jakarta called: pletokan, lol. Have you try it? If I’m not mistaken, pletokan is what we commonly know as: a pitcher of Shangria. HOWEVER. It isn’t in a pitcher, and lord knows what the ingredients are.

Dayum, that pletokan! It is evil.

By: Andie Summerkiss

Andie Summerkiss — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:55:00 +0000

That is such an informative post!

I think the main reason for the lack of information on binge eating at young yuppy generation in Indonesia is because they don't really drink because they are addicted to it. They do it because they want to look cool amongst their peers. And eventually they overdo it.

It is unspeakable how much they spend on weekend out on fancy smanchy drinks huh.

By: Miss Bitchy

Miss Bitchy — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:41:00 +0000

Miss Bitchy bets to eat her own hat, that those Indonesian people, who drink like crazy that leads to binge drinking, live a double life. After partying like maniac at clubs, they go home, sneak into their rooms, hope that they parents don’t catch them. In other word, it’s all hypocrite. What do they want to prove if they still live under their parents’ roof? What a bunch of losers.

By: Elyani

Elyani — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:50:00 +0000

It probably has become “socially acceptable” by most. It makes me think, how will the liver cope in the future with binge drinking? Especially when you get older?? It surely becomes much harder on the body and recovery takes longer.

By: Finally Woken

Finally Woken — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:47:00 +0000

@Colson:
Even I don't realize that I should stop after 2 glasses of wine. So the unit chart helps me a too.

By: colson

colson — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:54:00 +0000

Good article! With a lot of interesting, useful information.

I may add:

- over here ( the Netherlands) you are not allowed to drive if the permillage of alcohol in your blood is over 0,5. That's the case after drinking the equivalent ( by ruleof the thumb) of two shots ( two units);
- it's popular knowledge (confirmed by scientists by the way) that one shot a day is okay. That means: it is even good for your health
- and yes, unfortunately, alcohol is a growing problem among youngsters. The so called "coma-drinking" (drinking so much so fast that the youngsters loose consciousness all together and have to be hospitalized) is that serious that it has induced the lawmakers to start to introduce rules to curb the use of alcohol by underage persons.

So I guess with alcohol it is like most things in life: stick to a moderate lifestyle.