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> Are you saying that defining half of 7-14 (or 3.5.7) drinks per week as heavy seems insane to you? Yes. I assert that drinking 3½–7 drinks a week sounds mod
by eadmund 2y ago
> Are you saying that defining half of 7-14 (or 3.5.7) drinks per week as heavy seems insane to you?
Yes. I assert that drinking 3½–7 drinks a week sounds moderate. One or two drinks a week is light. Heavy drinking would be something like 24 or more.
I define the heaviness of drinking by intoxication, not cancer risk.
- Schiendelman 2y agoAh, all the definitions of heavy in this comment section other than yours seem to be about health, so I think you may have moved the goalposts there.
- eadmund 2y agoThe original quote in the article was about alcoholism: "That is a recipe for alcoholism." I think maybe you moved the goalposts here.