So a bottle of wine counts as 1 drink, yes?

The CDC MADD considers "four or five alcoholic beverages consumed on one occasion" to be binge drinking.

One man's addiction is another man's breakfast

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: So a bottle of wine vodka counts as 1 drink, yes?

Yes

wasn't this story on the board like Monday?

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Remember, kids: It's a marathon, not a race.

So ask yourself this - who stands to gain from tripping out this kind of Bullshiat? Not the CDC for sure, so somwhere in this chain is a Southern Baptist politician with a dwarf fetish and gay dominatrix who simply can't stand to see the rest of us having fun.

/sadly, only slightly ironic.

jeblis: The CDC MADD considers "four or five alcoholic beverages consumed on one occasion" to be binge drinking.

U MADD?

So does a BEER count as a drink? I mean, I know a Canadian beer probably does (5% alcohol), but does an American 2.5% really count too?

If I average 2 beers a day for a month, I'm a heavy drinker? Awesome!

/drinking Wernesgruner and Bitburger these days
//heavily, apparently

It's binge drinking or no drinking for this guy. Hell, I get a shot of tequila with my first beer at happy hour. I call it a "kickstart". Three beers sucks. Just the tip of a buzz, and enough to make it hard to sleep. It's none or six+ for me.

CJHardin: For women, heavy drinking is typically defined as consuming an average of more than 1 drink per day.

Oh shiat!

I only had half a drink last night, so that means I can have 3 and a half tonight!

Thats just barely getting started. Especially if your drinking those frilly lite/ low cal beers.

Now 5-6 Of these:



your at full sail looking for some lite beer to sober you up.

Q: is Tuesday too early for a beer thread?
A: there is no such thing as a beer thread being too early in the week.

/oh boy beer thread.
//Part-time homebrewer

No, 4-5 drinks in 2 hours is just 'drinking'. .08% BAC is a buzz, maybe, not a binge. But this is what you get when you let anti-drinkers define binge drinking.

farking communists

Does anyone else from WI call this a 4-5 drinks just the beginning??

Is this the same CDC that thought Atlanta would make a great safe haven from the zombies? Idiots.

/Is it five yet?
//Somewhere?

I'm an excellent driver: So ask yourself this - who stands to gain from tripping out this kind of Bullshiat? Not the CDC for sure, so somwhere in this chain is a Southern Baptist politician with a dwarf fetish and gay dominatrix who simply can't stand to see the rest of us having fun.

/sadly, only slightly ironic.

Or maybe this thread is full of a lot of people who are too dumb to understand that there are long-term consequences to negative behaviors that may not have any observable short term consequences.

Having 4+ drinks over a short period increases blood pressure substantially for a period of time. High blood pressure, particularly when it's not chronic, rarely has any obvious symptoms unless you're already monitoring for it. Over many years this pattern of behavior can cause serious damage to arteries, the heart and kidneys without any obvious signs that it's happening. In particular, kidney damage rarely shows any symptoms until it's too late, and chronic kidney damage is irreversible and has permanent consequences even with successful treatment (i.e. - a transplant). Frequently going to bed after having several drinks can be a major problem because your blood pressure never falls properly like it's supposed to at night. This is difficult for a doctor to catch during routine visits because you can show perfectly normal BP at the office then go home and have undiagnosed nocturnal hypertension which is a major risk factor for kidney disease and arterial disease.

I like to drink, particularly, I like to drink beer, but I don't like to be stupid, and it's stupid to try and argue that having multiple drinks and getting buzzed or outright blitzed frequently doesn't have serious long term risks associated with it.

jakomo002: So does a BEER count as a drink? I mean, I know a Canadian beer probably does (5% alcohol), but does an American 2.5% really count too?

If I average 2 beers a day for a month, I'm a heavy drinker? Awesome!

/drinking Wernesgruner and Bitburger these days
//heavily, apparently

Ya know, I really wanted to think you were exaggerating with the 2.5% abv, but Bud Select 55 is actually 2.4% according to beeradvocate.com.

Being a beer geek for a few years has got me out of touch with what Bud/Miller/Coors are making these days.

Akpr8: neverthemachineforever.com

I love that stuff, but I'm not paying $50 for a case of 6 bottles. It's not that good.

/ can get it regularly at the bar near my place, but it's $10 a pint

Heavy drinking is 2 per day? I have 2 beers when I'm not feeling well.

/Wisconsinite

Meanwhile at the CDC, an official has been arrested and charged with two counts of child molestation and one count of bestiality.