Alcohol is to blame for the high suicide rate in Baltic republics (the highest in Europe):
“It is considered bad form in the Baltics to refuse the offer of a drink or not to finish a bottle of liquor once it has been opened. The person who finishes a bottle is expected to buy another one.”
This is one of the reason why doctors do not recommend drinking alcohol to increase low HDL levels: you never know who will overdo it.









![Clinicians are failing at value-based care because no one taught them the system [PODCAST]](https://kevinmd.com/wp-content/uploads/bd31ce43-6fb7-4665-a30e-ee0a6b592f4c-190x100.jpeg)






