MP 'disgusted' at drunken abuse in Parliament bar.

MP 'disgusted' at drunken abuse in Parliament bar. :

"'I think if people can't control their behaviour when they've been drinking then perhaps they should drink at home.

'This is about behaviour and believe me, if this continues and there are more incidents of this with the same people involved, I will name names.'"

In the same section of the news there are reports of more people binge drinking and that becoming a problem at work. My personal observation is there is a group of people drinking more but not noticing they are and it is going back to more people drinking too much. We had got rid of that. Drinking always releases inhibition and if it is the anger of a person which is released then some unsuspecting person is going to cop it for whatever reason. This is what excess drinking behaviour is about. This MP doesn't want to be party to it in the work place or in her non committed time in Parliament and I believe she is right. This whole question of drinking, excess drinking, binge drinking and then inappropriate behaviours needs to be examined. Like the MP we can ask for what we want. We can insist that civility is maintained. However, people are obviously leaning on alcohol for a reason. It could be tension, stress, heavy workloads, the desintegration and fragmentation of society. It could be depression, alienation...alcohol problems are always a warning sign and if it is showing up across the community we had better work out why because alcohol creates a whole can of worms when the drinking is unchecked. It's a sign. We need to heed it because we were merry socialisers and we had a good balance.