Binge Drinking

[teachercd]

5 or more drinks in two hours for a man.

4 or more in two hours for a women.

 

Does that seem low to be considered binge drinking?

[B.B. Hemingway]

5 or more drinks in two hours for a man.

4 or more in two hours for a women.

 

Does that seem low to be considered binge drinking?

 

If that's binge drinking, then I binge drink enough for that man and woman on most Fall saturdays.....

[commando]

5 or more drinks in two hours for a man.

4 or more in two hours for a women.

 

Does that seem low to be considered binge drinking?

thats about how much i drink.....a year. so it would be binge drinking for me now. when i was a teenager? that was a slow night.

[JJ Husker]

I can't and don't do it anymore but like commando said, back in the day (college days) that was a slow to average weekend night. Ah the good ole days, get wasted Friday, hair of the dog part 2 on Saturday and lounge around all day Sunday watching football and recovering.

[Enhance]

Tolerance certainly plays a factor. Five drinks in a night is usually 1) way more than I'm used to these days and 2) sure to leave me somewhat miserable come morning.

 

Their threshold kind of makes sense, though. One drink/hour with a glass of water in between is the way I'm able to stay sober enough and legally able to drive.

[Moiraine]

I don't think that's what most people mean by binge drinking.

 

IMO you can be drunk in an hour without having fit the definition of binge drinking.

 

When most people think binge drinking it means to drink a dangerous amount/enough to pass out/forget what you did the night before.

[Enhance]

That's basically the inference I've taken all these years too, Moiraine. I remember learning about "binge drinking" in Home Ec in middle school, and the situation they dramatized involved someone having between 15-20 drinks in a night, to the point they passed out.

 

I would assume two things about this 'five drinks every two hours' rule - first, the creators of it are probably suggesting if you extrapolate that over one night it could end up being 10-15 drinks in 4-6 hours. I'd considered that binge drinking. Second, I bet a lot of people view binge drinking as some continual problem that happens after repeated (and copious) drinking. This rule is sort of saying hold up... just because you haven't been drinking a ton over the whole night doesn't mean you can't go overboard in a couple hours.

[teachercd]

This was from a new study, those were the numbers they gave for binge drinking.

[ColoradoHusk]

That actually sounds about right for the minimum of binge drinking. Having a near 6 pack over 2 hours would get most men pretty drunk.

 

I think the study concludes the amount of alcohol to put you well over the legal limit as binge drinking.

[teachercd]

That would get Doug drunk! And Woos!

[ColoradoHusk]

That would get Doug drunk! And Woos!

But, if you had a 6 pack over 2 hours, you would be drunk/buzzed, too. I am sure the study considers any drinking to the point of feeling drunk/buzzed. Now, I am sure most people have other thoughts about what exactly binge drinking is.

[GSG]

I'M ASSUMING THE SIX PACK IS SOMETHING OTHER THAN A MACRO-BREW, BECAUSE SIX BUD LIGHTS OR COORS LIGHTS IS ONLY GOING TO LEAVE YOU HYDRATED AND SOBER

[The Dude]

Back in my prime my girlfriend, her fiend, and I made it a regular occurrence to go through 60 beers in a night.

 

There was typically some liquor involved too.

 

I almost remember some of it.

[commando]

Back in my prime my girlfriend, her fiend, and I made it a regular occurrence to go through 60 beers in a night.

 

There was typically some liquor involved too.

 

I almost remember some of it.

she had a fiend with her?

[The Dude]

Ugh. She had demons alright.