Do Expats move to Thailand and drink themselves to death?

Question

Are there any studies on the incidents of Expats choosing suicide by drinking? My father was an Army veteran and drank himself to death. I see more and more older disgruntled Vietnam era veterans moving to Thailand. Are there studies of there lifestyles? Do they find happiness in LOS or is it a place to go and drink yourself to death?

Answer 1

I think you're pinpointing your stats a bit.

You compare your father with the 100's or 1000's of veterans that have visited Thailand in their time and didn't drink themselves to death.

Not sure of the 10s of thousands of Japanese tourist that visit Thailand every year, but 13 deaths are visit related.

Those are some very low percentage to say that people come here to commit suicide.

Answer 2

Yes, the only loser expats would drink themselves to death.

It called oragnizational cultures. Most army veterans are men. They were trained to be macho, protect, womanize, and drink themselves to death.

Answer 3

Some for sure......You can see candidates around Pattaya. But on the whole I'd say people that retire here get a good thing going and live pretty well.

Answer 4

If your buying I have a bourbon and 7 up.  Otherwise I don't drink, do drugs or smoke.  I may be disgruntled Veteran but I have other ways to take out my aggression.

Answer 5

I havn't seen any serious studies on the habits of expats in Thailand, but from my personal experience lots of them do drink themselves to death.

We have to face facts and look at the reasons why expats are here in the first place. Only a very small minority are on the moral high ground, and for the rest of us failure in other countries is at least one reason for seeking comfort in Thailand. In Thailand we can live in our fools paradise, free to dream, free to drink, and free to forget.  

Answer 6

Do the european expats take so much Viagra their organ explodes and then bleed to death.

Is that how this happens? It would be funny