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Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy
I was about to ask about that too. Do you guys tolerate them drinking? It is after all a drug.
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Alcohol has always played a part in forces life, starting way back when men "press-ganged" in when they found the Kings shilling in the bottom of their glass of beer and went off to sea.
More recently alcohol has been used as a way of releaving stress. I got to speak to some Battle of Britain pilots, and a good stiff drink helped them sleep, even if it was alcohol induced, and then get up and fly the next day.
the ones I spoke to said that if it wasn't the nightmares of seeing a mate shot down, it was the thought of being shot down yourself, so you got sozzled to help you sleep.
I'ts not right, but I suppose the saying horses for courses or whatever it is comes to mind here.