I came here to post the same thing; it would be very odd for one drink per day to be considered "heavy drinking." There actually is a technical definition of he

I came here to post the same thing; it would be very odd for one drink per day to be considered "heavy drinking." There actually is a technical definition of heavy drinking available from the NIH[0] which defines it mostly in terms of binge drinking: > SAMHSA defines heavy drinking as drinking 5 or more drinks on the same occasion on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days. According to the same source: > moderate drinking is up to 1 drink per day for women and up to 2 drinks per day for men. As a man who tends to drink one drink per day, I fall into "moderate," but I could actually drink twice as much as I do and still not be "heavy" by these definitions. Even ignoring technical definitions, I don't think I personally know anybody who would consider one drink a day to be "heavy" drinking. I find this poll and its chosen terminology to be especially interesting given the recent discussion of an article about the health benefits of drinking daily[1]. [0] http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-your-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/moderate-binge-drinking http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-your-health/overview-alcoho... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8279949 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8279949