Anonymous alcoholics

Every time I see it, I can't help but map my own (British in this case) culture against it. I watch Spanish men go into a cafeteria and instead of ordering a coffee, they order a beer or a coffee with a shot of liquor. At eight o'clock in the morning? And then going to work? In Britain we have a name for that, but in Spain it is rather normal. I guess the difference is that they don't then continue to drink a bottle of white ace to wash it down.