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Olivia Leray has just released a book entitled “De l’eau dans ton vin” published by Fayard. She recounts her childhood with an alcohol-dependent father. VSis the subject of Talk franceinfo. Every evening, from 6 p.m., Manon Mella and her guests debate with Internet users on the franceinfo Twitch channel.
According to data from the France Public Health Barometer, in 2020, 23.7% of the population aged 18 to 75 exceeded the alcohol consumption benchmarks. This same barometer indicates that these risky consumptions were made more by men (33.5% of them) than by women (14.9%). Journalist Olivia Leray lifts a taboo in her book water in his wine by recounting his childhood with an alcohol-dependent father.
Manon Mella receives Olivia Lerayjournalist and author of the book water in your wine (Fayard editions) and Laurent Karilaaddiction psychiatrist at the Paul Brousse hospital in Villejuif (Val-de-Marne), co-president of the scientific committee of the SOS Addictions association.
Alcohol kills 41,000 people a year
If the alcohol consumption of the French men and women had decreased in recent decades, it has stagnated for a few years. Nearly a quarter of adults still have a consumption that exceeds the recommended benchmarks. In addition, Public Health France lists 41,000 deaths each year attributable to alcohol.
Alcoholism affects more than 2 million people in France and if the sick must be taken care of, their relatives are often also affected. How do you grow up with an alcoholic parent?
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