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Are you an alcoholic? Because alcoholics can build up quite a tolerance and also maintain the minimal amount of functionality to get by. This is from a Yahoo a

Are you an alcoholic? Because alcoholics can build up quite a tolerance and also maintain the minimal amount of functionality to get by. This is from a Yahoo answer to how much alcoholics drink: "I'm a small woman, 115 lbs and on a typical day I would have anywhere from 8 to 15 shots. On occasion I would go much higher but this was typical." A normal healthy adult can metabolise about one standard drink per hour, and there are 24 in a day IIRC. Also see http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-con... 7% are alcoholics according to NIH. They'd be enough to account for the statistics in the article.

DanBC 12y ago
In England medically assisted withdrawal is available if you drink over forty units per day. One unit is 10 ml pure alcohol. To find the unit qty you multiply the serving size in litres by the alcohol by volume figure. One litre of spirits at 40% abv is 40 units.
kelnos 12y ago
I don't think you can pin "alcoholic" to number of drinks, even if you control for weight/sex/etc. I drink reasonably heavily, but variably, on the order of 15-35 drinks per week. I wouldn't consider myself an alcoholic, mainly because I can -- and do -- stop whenever I want.