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Why do our friends want us to drink and dislike it when we don't?

  • Written by Simon Lenton, Professor and Director, National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University
imageOur friends may not like when we don't drink because it reflects their own drinking practices. from www.shutterstock.com.au

Anyone who has ever tried to give up drinking, or goes somewhere and says they’re not drinking, knows people encourage us to drink and are unhappy when we don’t. Why is this? Is it uniquely Australian? What can we...

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