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That's like one bottle of wine? I really don't think that's enough to qualify someone as an alcoholic? I drink once or twice per week and probably go through mo
by olalonde 5y ago
That's like one bottle of wine? I really don't think that's enough to qualify someone as an alcoholic? I drink once or twice per week and probably go through more than that.
- loeg 5y agoAlcoholics drink a lot more than 750mL of wine a week. Wine is only ~12-16% alcohol. I think OP is either referring to ~40% liquor or 100% ethanol (as a unified way to compare across consumption of different types of alcoholic beverages).
- olalonde 5y agoOh right, brain fart.
- MivLives 5y agoIt's one bottle of wine, but I'm assuming they're referring to liquor. There's about 17 drinks (it's like 44 ml to a shot in the US) in a bottle of liquor. That said 17 drinks in a week is 2 a weekday plus 3 a weekend, which doesn't seem that crazy.
- conception 5y agoUntil you realize that that means -every week- that's your plan. When's the last time you drank 2+ drinks a day every day for a year?
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- loeg 5y ago~2 drinks a day, every day, isn't great for you, but it isn't sufficient on its own to meet the criteria of alcoholism (Alcohol Use Disorder).[1] > Healthcare professionals use criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), to assess whether a person has AUD and to determine the severity if the disorder is present. Severity is based on the number of criteria a person meets based on their symptoms—mild (2–3 criteria), moderate (4–5 criteria), or severe (6 or more criteria). A lot of the criteria are like, do you physically depend on alcohol? Or alcohol has harmed your quality of life? [1]: https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sheets/understanding-alcohol-use-disorder https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/brochures-and-fact-sh...