{"id":277006,"date":"2011-02-13T21:02:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T19:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/notes\/tvereza-ukraina\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:26:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:26:29","slug":"tvereza-ukraina","status":"publish","type":"notes","link":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/notes\/tvereza-ukraina\/","title":{"rendered":"Sober Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"old_post\">\n<p><strong><span>A sober person means a happy family.<br \/> Sober children mean a healthy society.<br \/> A sober nation means a bright future!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Sobriety<\/strong> is a natural, the only reasonable state of an individual, a family, and society \u2014 complete freedom from being programmed to consume <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#tobacco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">tobacco<\/a>, and other <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/13-.html#narcotic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">drugs<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/media\/video\/sobermovementvideo.html#v-tvereza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">\u201cSober Ukraine\u201d<\/a><\/strong> is a union of people and public organizations who realize the critical condition of our drug-addicted society and advocate for the establishment of a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#soberlifestyle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sober way of life<\/a> in society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/media\/video\/sobermovementvideo.html#v-tvereza\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">\u201cSober Ukraine\u201d movement<\/a> is <strong>non-political<\/strong> (does not support any political forces and does not promote the achievement of their political goals; does not call for resistance to state authorities), <strong>non-religious<\/strong> (does not address issues of religion), and <strong>non-commercial<\/strong> (does not aim to make a profit and does not include commercially oriented organizations).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a> does not fight <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/15-p.html#drunkenness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">drunkenness<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcoholism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcoholism<\/a>, nor does it forcibly impose a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#soberweltanschauung\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sober worldview<\/a> or a sober state on anyone. The <strong>method of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a> is education<\/strong> by providing <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/alcohol\/effects\/organismeffects.html\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">scientifically grounded information<\/a> about <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#tobacco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">tobacco<\/a>, and other <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/13-.html#narcotic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">drugs<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>The task of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a><\/strong> is to make it widely known and publicly recognized that the use of narcotic substances (primarily <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/11-l.html#gotolegalnarcotics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">legal drugs<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#tobacco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">tobacco<\/a><\/strong>) is incompatible with a normal, full life of a healthy person. Moreover, it destroys families, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/alcohol\/effects\/societyeffects.html\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">undermines social relations<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/alcohol\/effects\/genepooleffects.html\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">is one of the main causes of national degradation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Every person has the right to receive <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/alcohol\/index.html\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">truthful information<\/a> about <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/11-l.html#gotolegalnarcotics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">legal drugs<\/a> in order to make a conscious choice in favor of a healthy, <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#soberlife\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sober life<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#soberweltanschauung\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sober worldview<\/a>, in which the natural, sober state of a person is recognized as one of the highest human values, is the only alternative to <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/15-p.html#proalcoholcoding\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">pro-alcohol programming<\/a> of consciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sober feasts and sober celebrations are a natural alternative to the criminal \u201ctraditions\u201d of alcoholic feasting that destroy present and future generations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>The goal of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a><\/strong> is the sobriety of modern society. This is not \u201cabstinence\u201d from <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol<\/a> and other <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/13-.html#narcotic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">drugs<\/a>, but the absence of motivation and desire to consume them, combined with an awareness of their toxicity. In other words, it is a state of public consciousness in which living sober is considered a generally accepted norm, and thoughts of consuming <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/10-k.html#smoking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">smoking<\/a> simply do not arise in a normal person and are regarded as bad manners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>The personal example of a convinced sober person<\/strong> is the strong foundation on which a powerful <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a> can be united and a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#soberweltanschauung\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sober worldview<\/a> revived in society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A participant in the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a> is every person who lives soberly and sincerely strives to restore conscious <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobriety\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety<\/a> in society, who is ready to act in this direction (first of all by personal example, as well as through explanation, persuasion, conducting sobriety-focused events, creating and distributing competent <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/09-ii.html#soberinformation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety information<\/a>, etc.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Each participant of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a> may have their own political and religious beliefs, while not imposing their views on other <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/17-s.html#soratnik\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">associates<\/a>. The political and religious views of an individual participant are not considered the official position of the <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobermovement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety movement<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Each <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/17-s.html#soratnik\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">associate<\/a> independently chooses the direction and forms of their activity according to their abilities, understanding, and desire.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span>The most important thing we can and must do is to deliver <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/media\/index.html\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">truthful, scientifically grounded information<\/a> to the still-unclouded consciousness of the majority, thus carrying out \u201cprevention\u201d of the pollution of consciousness with <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcoholicpurpses\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol-related attitudes<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcoholcustoms\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol customs<\/a>. Such activity is far more effective than attempts to convince a person who already suffers from ideological or psychological dependence on <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/01-a.html#alcohol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">alcohol<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#tobacco\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">tobacco<\/a>. In addition, people who have come to a <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#soberweltanschauung\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sober worldview<\/a> at the very beginning of their conscious life are the healthiest and happiest, and also the most valuable to society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is very important that <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#sobriety\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sobriety<\/a> be brought to the people by educators and medical professionals, cultural workers, and representatives of authority, as well as representatives of other professions whom people turn to for advice and help and whom they trust. These people are capable, by their personal example, of <strong>teaching <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/18-t.html#soberlife\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">sober living<\/a> to children and youth<\/strong>. The system of upbringing of the younger generation must <strong>form a healthy society with strong immunity against all kinds of intoxication<\/strong>. From early childhood, in all preschool and educational institutions, it is necessary to teach every person not to be tempted by the artificially created \u201cattractiveness\u201d of <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/dictionary\/28-ja.html#poison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">poison<\/a>, and to consciously resist all kinds of corrupting influences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Therefore, we primarily address the most conscious members of our society \u2014 sober youth, sober parents, and educators who sincerely wish happiness and health for their children.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/contacts\/index.html#contacts-call\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Do not remain indifferent!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>If our people are not sobered now, in a few decades there will simply be <a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/sobriety\/today\/utoday.html\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">nothing left of them!<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tvereza.info\/\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"external external_icon\"><span><strong>http:\/\/tvereza.info<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sober person means a happy family. Sober children mean a healthy society. A sober nation means a bright future!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":277007,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"tags":[54829],"class_list":["post-277006","notes","type-notes","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-sober-ukraine-sober-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notes\/277006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notes"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/notes"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notes\/277006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":290741,"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/notes\/277006\/revisions\/290741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vsisumy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}