Cultural Perspectives on Drinking and Death Rituals

The chapter compares the attitudes towards binge drinking in Spain and the speaker's country, reflecting on how it is viewed as normal in society. It explores the speaker's personal journey of using alcohol to overcome shyness and questions the Irish response to alcohol as a coping mechanism for generational trauma. Additionally, the chapter delves into the cultural variations in funeral practices between rural and urban settings, contrasting the intimate and community-oriented rituals in rural areas with the more structured urban funerals.