Drinking is a sensitive issue. Aussies know we shouldn’t be doing it to excess, but we approach it like a competition anyway. Who can sneak closest to Deathtown by way of Drunksville? Who can tell the most extravagant “blackout story”? We depend on group participation in this pursuit, and we can’t handle the idea of our mates forfeiting on us. This is the fascinating conflict at the heart of Ruben Guthrie.
