Assignment #3

I think that it is more than completely possible for heavy drinking to be apart of one's cultural heritage, but it has been evident in the past.  In most European countries, such as Russia, Germany, and France, alcohol is cheaper than water, so drinking throughout the entire day, everyday, is normal.  In Russia, vodka isn't even considered a hard-liquor.  In Germany, they have a month long celebration of alcohol, being Oktoberfest.  Drinking water, or other non-alcoholic beverages on the regular, is a new phenomenon in human history.  Since before the middle-ages, people have drank alcohol as opposed to non-alcoholic beverages because of a lack of clean drinking water.  This resulted in alcohol being a major part in most of people's lives, and their cultural heritage.