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.
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.