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> Drinking alcohol is similar in that regard, people are amazed (for opposite reasons) to find out 60% of Americans drink. I'm technically in that 60%, but I d
by cableshaft 4y ago
> Drinking alcohol is similar in that regard, people are amazed (for opposite reasons) to find out 60% of Americans drink.
I'm technically in that 60%, but I drink so infrequently I barely qualify (outside of certain social events, I never drink, and never more than 2 drinks). I think I had about a dozen drinks in all of 2022.
I wonder what percent of that 60% are similar to me.
- zdragnar 4y agoI'm in a similar boat. All of my friends are sober alcoholics (both coincidence and networking) and so aside from rare occasion with family, I don't drink alcohol and honestly don't enjoy the feeling anymore. I doubt I average more than a drink a month. My extended family, however, might have several a week (glass of wine with dinner, or an after-dinner cocktail). Get far enough out into the countryside, and driving after drinking is, if not normal, then at least hardly frowned upon unless you're not able to walk straight. More and more often, I find myself thinking that if there is a choice to be made, someone somewhere will take it.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y ago60% isn't a startling figure. What is, is that 90% of the alcohol sold is consumed by 10%, most of whom are essentially functional alcoholics. 1 in 10 of the people you encounter daily.
- chrisco255 4y agoWell it's better than being a dysfunctional alcholic I suppose.
- alonmower 4y agoRoughly half https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3i83rv/til_if_people_in_the_top_10_for_alcohol/ https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/3i83rv/til_i...
- mmcgaha 4y agoI tell people that I don't not drink. The reality is I drink when I want but I almost never want. I am sure that people like me are part of that 60%.