Well no, by their definition, if he consumed five or more drinks he wouldn’t be a heavy drinker, he would have heavily drank. There is a meaningful distinction. The next sentence, as you’ll have seen, is :
SAMHSA defines heavy alcohol use as binge drinking on five or more days in the past month.
And at that point, I totally agree. If someone is drinking more than this person, and on a regular basis, they would certainly seem to have a problem.
They are definitely not saying if you drink five beers one day you are now an alcoholic.
that’s affirming. i had an ex that would house the better part of a sixer of 9-12% ABV cans every evening. i am not really one to scrutinize, but i noticed it after a week and thought, “isn’t that kind of a lot?” very costly $$, but also like damn. we were the same age, but i had 100 lbs on them, and that would have given me the spins. i dismissed it at the time as most of my life ive been a “lightweight” with limited tolerance and i quit altogether 7-8 years ago.
to see something fairly objective that isn’t distorted by an experienced drinker’s ability to appear functional is eye opening.
According to the NIAAA, if he had one more beer at lunch he would be a heavy drinker.
Well no, by their definition, if he consumed five or more drinks he wouldn’t be a heavy drinker, he would have heavily drank. There is a meaningful distinction. The next sentence, as you’ll have seen, is :
And at that point, I totally agree. If someone is drinking more than this person, and on a regular basis, they would certainly seem to have a problem.
They are definitely not saying if you drink five beers one day you are now an alcoholic.
Regardless, the NIAAA and the screenshot guy’s HR department oughtta loosen up a little.
that’s affirming. i had an ex that would house the better part of a sixer of 9-12% ABV cans every evening. i am not really one to scrutinize, but i noticed it after a week and thought, “isn’t that kind of a lot?” very costly $$, but also like damn. we were the same age, but i had 100 lbs on them, and that would have given me the spins. i dismissed it at the time as most of my life ive been a “lightweight” with limited tolerance and i quit altogether 7-8 years ago.
to see something fairly objective that isn’t distorted by an experienced drinker’s ability to appear functional is eye opening.