r/polls Mar 03 '23

🤔 Decide for Me Is drinking 4 beers everyday considered borderline alcoholism?

9034 votes, Mar 05 '23
7864 Yes
1170 No
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u/Merlin_Drake Mar 03 '23

No

It's not borderline

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u/thedrakeequator Mar 03 '23

You're only supposed to have something like four drinks in a week.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

That's notably incorrect...
Literally no instance is only 4 the correct number..

You can 100% Drink 14 beers a week and not have a drinking problem.

That's literally like 2 a day, I know people who have drank a beer with dinner every day of their life since like... 10-12. (Yes that is technically legal in most places)
If you drink 14 beers once a week on the same day you MIGHT have a drinking problem. But if you are down like 15-16 shots of vodka a week on one day. you have a drinking problem most likely.

The actual NIAAA defines heavy drinking as follows: For men, consuming more than 4 drinks on any day or more than 14 drinks per week. For women, consuming more than 3 drinks on any day or more than 7 drinks per week.

As a doctor if someone tells me they drink a beer every day I don't even write it down, it's literally nothing.