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According to that article, 4% of Americans drink 10+ drinks per day. I find that very hard to believe, and it's certainly something that requires credible sour
by jackpirate 11y ago
According to that article, 4% of Americans drink 10+ drinks per day. I find that very hard to believe, and it's certainly something that requires credible sources.
- patio11 11y agoYou're welcome to download the data set from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions if you want to check the math. The NIH makes it publicly available.
- djt 11y agoAlso keep in mind that it is 10 standard drinks, so a bottle of wine quarter bottle of scotch. It goes to show how much alcoholics hide their drinking
- runamok 11y agoA bottle of wine is 5 x 5 ounce servings. 750 ml is 25.4 fluid ounces. Where do you get 10 from?
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Also keep in mind that it is 10 standard drinks, so a bottle of wine quarter bottle of scotch 10 standard drinks is two bottles of wine, and 3/5 of a bottle of scotch. (Both using standard, 750 milliliter bottles.)
- mechanical_fish 11y agoIn tandem with looking up the data, I also recommend broadening your social circle by meeting a former alcoholic or two. They're not hard to find. Alternatively, you can read their memoirs, which are even easier to find. I don't recommend the alternative of seeing some of your friends or relatives drink themselves to death, even as their own closest friends fail to see what's going on. But you don't always have a choice. Sometimes the anecdotes find you. Anecdotes aren't data, but they are what human beings are designed to believe. If you have trouble envisioning evident facts that are backed by piles of data, perhaps you need to collect a wider range of anecdotes.