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Alcoholism is much higher. It's not hard to spend $100+ on a good bender. Add in the associated health issues (true for smoking too) and the NPV of healthy be
by mathattack 12y ago
Alcoholism is much higher. It's not hard to spend $100+ on a good bender. Add in the associated health issues (true for smoking too) and the NPV of healthy behavior is much higher.
- ibebrett 12y agomost alcoholics i know don't spend money this way. they buy cheap vodka and drink alone, not out going from bar to bar.
- genericuser 12y agoIt really depends on the budget of the alcoholic from my experience. Alcoholics have a way of making their alcoholism fit/fill their budget.
- Nanzikambe 12y agoBar hoppers are alcoholics in training, most countries don't have bars open 24/7 - and $100 buys a lot more alcohol from the off license or whatever. I'm no doctor, but if a person is able to "exist" for half the day or more without their buzz, I'd suspect they've not yet built very any/much physical dependence.
- DanBC 12y agoAlcohol withdrawal can be dangerous. In England you get a medically supervised withdrawal if you drink more than 40 units per day. Very roughly this is 32 US Fluid ounces of 80 proof liquor per day. (One litre of 40% spirits).
- mathattack 12y agoLet's convert this to #s I understand... 80 proof = 40%. BigBeer (Budweiser) ~= 5% CraftBeer ~= 8% with some variation So this means 16 pints (or ~21 12oz bottles) of Budweiser or 10 pints (should never be drunk in 12oz bottles) of Craft Brew a day. For a small person, that's almost enough to be perpetually buzzed. I think the Drink Alone vs Bar Hopping is just a matter of being a functioning vs non-functioning alcoholic.