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> He told me that for years he had drunk to excess, sometimes having as many as 20 drinks at a time Hmmmm that's not a lot when your talking problem drinking a

> He told me that for years he had drunk to excess, sometimes having as many as 20 drinks at a time Hmmmm that's not a lot when your talking problem drinking as an addiction. That'd be typical in a frat house. There's a lot wrong with the article and a lot right. Pick carefully. There's no reason you can't go to AA and do the Sinclair Method. AA is full of Atheists the god bit is misleading. I'm not sure why they are putting down AA when AA is not against the Sinclair Method. AA has found their way works for some people. It's also cheap councling. Not everyone can afford well paid doctors. If your drinking is that bad you need a pill to stop it wouldn't hurt to talk to others about the problem as well. And AA is a meme/cult/religion that allows that except they don't go to war and fight others over oil and resources.

Freak_NL 9y ago
>> […] sometimes having as many as 20 drinks at a time > Hmmmm that's not a lot when your talking problem drinking as an addiction. Twenty drinks at a time is not a lot? Don't most people draw the line way before that? In the Netherlands drinking more than three drinks a day is considered problematic drinking (for men); I wager that this won't differ that much around the globe.
- DanBC 9y ago
  20 drinks at one sitting is a lot, and it's firmly in the problem and harmful drinking end of risky alcohol use. People with alcoholism can drink a lot more than that. A UK unit of alcohol is 10 ml of pure alcohol. You'd consider inpatient residential rehab for someone drinking 30 units per day. There are roughly 40 units in a litre of spirits in the UK. https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/alcohol-use-disorders/assisted-alcohol-withdrawal#content=view-node%3Anodes-inpatient-or-residential-programme https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/alcohol-use-disorders/...
  - 0xcde4c3db 9y ago
    And just to be clear, it's rare that what people call "a drink" is only one unit. What someone casually counts as "20 drinks" could easily be 50+ units.
- psyc 9y ago
  20 drinks is excessive by any standard I ever heard of.
- aaron695 9y ago
  There a difference between healthy living or occasional dangerous behaviour compared to an addiction that needs individual medical intervention. I find it a strange case for a male person with an addiction problem (which is what we are talking, AA style intervention) thinking 'sometimes as many as' 20 drinks to be a statement of supprise.
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bdcravens 9y ago
> That'd be typical in a frat house. Pretty sure that's not a good measuring stick for healthy behaviors.

Freak_NL 9y ago

>> […] sometimes having as many as 20 drinks at a time > Hmmmm that's not a lot when your talking problem drinking as an addiction. Twenty drinks at a time is not a lot? Don't most people draw the line way before that? In the Netherlands drinking more than three drinks a day is considered problematic drinking (for men); I wager that this won't differ that much around the globe.

DanBC 9y ago
20 drinks at one sitting is a lot, and it's firmly in the problem and harmful drinking end of risky alcohol use. People with alcoholism can drink a lot more than that. A UK unit of alcohol is 10 ml of pure alcohol. You'd consider inpatient residential rehab for someone drinking 30 units per day. There are roughly 40 units in a litre of spirits in the UK. https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/alcohol-use-disorders/assisted-alcohol-withdrawal#content=view-node%3Anodes-inpatient-or-residential-programme https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/alcohol-use-disorders/...
- 0xcde4c3db 9y ago
  And just to be clear, it's rare that what people call "a drink" is only one unit. What someone casually counts as "20 drinks" could easily be 50+ units.
psyc 9y ago
20 drinks is excessive by any standard I ever heard of.
aaron695 9y ago
There a difference between healthy living or occasional dangerous behaviour compared to an addiction that needs individual medical intervention. I find it a strange case for a male person with an addiction problem (which is what we are talking, AA style intervention) thinking 'sometimes as many as' 20 drinks to be a statement of supprise.
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bdcravens 9y ago

> That'd be typical in a frat house. Pretty sure that's not a good measuring stick for healthy behaviors.