Today I've managed to avoid the 'behave yourself' lecture, but couldn't avoid the lecture about alcoholism, which for some reason replaced the culturology lecture that we should've had according to our curriculum. Probably the replacement was caused by the fact that today it's the Teacher's Day in Russia and therefore the problem of alcoholism is extremely relevant.

They gathered half of the faculty at one hall and we had to listen to some guy who'd been sober for nearly 40 years now, so you can imagine how irritated and unsatisfied he sounded. The videoclips about alcohol ruining human's body they showed during the lecture were quite spectacular, though.

Not sure if the event will have any effect on my coursemates' minds in any way. Abstaining from alcohol usually has nothing to do with caring about your health.