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I hope you can see that your friends are alcoholics. Drinking 18 of any alcoholic drink shouldn't be considered normal as much as the surroundings might indicat

I hope you can see that your friends are alcoholics. Drinking 18 of any alcoholic drink shouldn't be considered normal as much as the surroundings might indicate otherwise.

serf 3y ago
it's not normal in the base-line average manner of speech, but it's common. 17 percent of American men have binge-drank in their past year.[0] another point : a single anecdote about someone binge drinking is by no means the single qualified indicator for alcoholism. alcoholism is a specific set of mental and physical traits which all orbit the most common traits of uncontrollability and preoccupation/addiction. a single binge drinking episode isn't smart or healthy; and it may indicate something as part of a broader trend, but it's not a good indicator of whether or not someone is an alcoholic. [0]: https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/how-much-is-too-much-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-binge-drinking https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/how-much-is-too-muc...
- listenallyall 3y ago
  Dude, that link defines binge drinking as approximately 5 drinks... the guy's buddies were drinking 18 each. Many of your 17% might "binge drink" once or twice a year... his buddies "normally" split 36. I'm not about to label anyone or anything, but your reference here certainly doesn't disprove ramraj07's argument, nor does it support your claim that 18 beers a night is "common."
photonbeam 3y ago
I highly doubt anyone is misleading themselves
thesaintlives 3y ago
I think you mean masochists not alcoholics. Coors lite is the most disgusting beer known to man!
01100011 3y ago
Yeah that's not a secret. I'm not sure why you thought that was relevant here but I'm not going to deny it.
credit_guy 3y ago
I did some math, because 18 is a big number, and I had to wrap my head around it. So, Coors Light has an ABV of 4.2%. When people talk about "drinks", one beer is 12 fl oz at 5% [1]. A can of Coors Light has 12 fl oz, but at 4.2%, so 18 such cans correspond to only 15 "drinks". Also, equal to 3 full bottles (750 ml each) of Prosecco at 12% ABV. [1] https://www.abc.ca.gov/education/licensee-education/alcohol-facts/ https://www.abc.ca.gov/education/licensee-education/alcohol-...

I hope you can see that your friends are alcoholics. Drinking 18 of any alcoholic drink shouldn't be considered normal as much as the surroundings might indicate otherwise.

serf 3y ago

it's not normal in the base-line average manner of speech, but it's common. 17 percent of American men have binge-drank in their past year.[0] another point : a single anecdote about someone binge drinking is by no means the single qualified indicator for alcoholism. alcoholism is a specific set of mental and physical traits which all orbit the most common traits of uncontrollability and preoccupation/addiction. a single binge drinking episode isn't smart or healthy; and it may indicate something as part of a broader trend, but it's not a good indicator of whether or not someone is an alcoholic. [0]: https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/how-much-is-too-much-5-things-you-need-to-know-about-binge-drinking https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/how-much-is-too-muc...

listenallyall 3y ago
Dude, that link defines binge drinking as approximately 5 drinks... the guy's buddies were drinking 18 each. Many of your 17% might "binge drink" once or twice a year... his buddies "normally" split 36. I'm not about to label anyone or anything, but your reference here certainly doesn't disprove ramraj07's argument, nor does it support your claim that 18 beers a night is "common."

photonbeam 3y ago

I highly doubt anyone is misleading themselves

thesaintlives 3y ago

I think you mean masochists not alcoholics. Coors lite is the most disgusting beer known to man!

01100011 3y ago

Yeah that's not a secret. I'm not sure why you thought that was relevant here but I'm not going to deny it.

credit_guy 3y ago

I did some math, because 18 is a big number, and I had to wrap my head around it. So, Coors Light has an ABV of 4.2%. When people talk about "drinks", one beer is 12 fl oz at 5% [1]. A can of Coors Light has 12 fl oz, but at 4.2%, so 18 such cans correspond to only 15 "drinks". Also, equal to 3 full bottles (750 ml each) of Prosecco at 12% ABV. [1] https://www.abc.ca.gov/education/licensee-education/alcohol-facts/ https://www.abc.ca.gov/education/licensee-education/alcohol-...