I was leaving plenty of room on the high end. In much of the USA, people would not be shocked by a young person who exhibited these behaviors, unless you mapped

I was leaving plenty of room on the high end. In much of the USA, people would not be shocked by a young person who exhibited these behaviors, unless you mapped it out for them (then it starts to sink in). I guess there's some poor choice of words here. What was meant is "not abnormal or troubling" to much of the population. > 40 beers/week is still very, very far from typical. I don't know that it's as far as you think. I based much of my comment on a documentary from the UK that matches my observations. The guy found when he actually counted correctly he was over 100 units (~30-50 beers), yet no one considered him an alcoholic. I've noticed similar trends if you look at "social drinkers" and do accurate counting. 100% agree about the risk factors being reasonable. You're more likely to be the victim and perpetrator of crime, or be injured.