I first noticed after I stopped drinking,

"Japan is the world's leading alcoholic power"

We can get chuuhai(shochu mixed with soda water) with high alcohol content, lower price than juice and milk.

It is also quite cheap and delicious, and new products are still being developed.

Beer, sake and whiskey (nearby a convenience store) are available for purchase within 10 minutes.

I used to travel abroad often, but I have never seen such a free drink (× drink free) country.

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For those who like drinking, Japan is "heaven", however for those who have stopped drinking, our country is "hell".

There is no doubt that I'm saying who have stop drinking.

The fact that "a big corner of a convenience store is occupied with all kinds of alcoholic beverages" is a pretty "torture" for me.

However,I have no intention to claim

"Convenience stores should install alcoholic beverages at the back of the counter, just like tobacco."

or

"Like selling erotic books, prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages"

I think that that's too impressive.

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The "prohibition law" in the United States, said to be a bad law of the century, as a result, made the mafia, which manufactures and sells dark sake, huge (Al Capone, etc.), and the social order was disrupted.

This is a good example that handling these luxury items like "0" or "1" makes things worse.

However, I think that this alcohol sales environment in Japan is quite effective in mass-producing alcoholic people.