How much is too much drinking in your opinion? (kidneys, symptom, glasses)
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Is it a beer every night? Couple times a week? A glass of wine every night? A bottle? How about a pint of vodka a couple times a week and 2 fifths on the weekends?
I know this seems like a weird place for me to post this, but it is pertaining to someone in my life. I do not care to go into details, but just wondering opinions on "how much is too much"?
Possibly the wrong forum unless you're concerned that a date or SO is noticing.
My interpretation of "too much" is:
1) If you can't stop. And you have to be honest about the difference between "can't" and "don't want to"
2) If it affects other elements of your life. (i.e. spending so much money on alcohol that you can't pay bills, spending so much time drinking that you're not performing other responsibilities, etc.)
I've met a few people who crossed those lines, and the approximate "line in the sand" usually landed in the "finishing a 6-pack in a night more than once a week" or "more than a bottle of hard liquor in a week"
I've seen plenty of people have the "1-2 beers or glasses of wine per night" and wouldn't classify them in the "too much" category.
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3) If you're drinking to get drunk more than to relax or for the taste. The older you are, the more symptomatic of a problem this is.
Possibly the wrong forum unless you're concerned that a date or SO is noticing.
My interpretation of "too much" is:
1) If you can't stop. And you have to be honest about the difference between "can't" and "don't want to"
2) If it affects other elements of your life. (i.e. spending so much money on alcohol that you can't pay bills, spending so much time drinking that you're not performing other responsibilities, etc.)
I've met a few people who crossed those lines, and the approximate "line in the sand" usually landed in the "finishing a 6-pack in a night more than once a week" or "more than a bottle of hard liquor in a week"
I've seen plenty of people have the "1-2 beers or glasses of wine per night" and wouldn't classify them in the "too much" category.
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3) If you're drinking to get drunk more than to relax or for the taste. The older you are, the more symptomatic of a problem this is.
Thank you for the response. I thought hard about where to put this and I do believe it might belong in here since it is hurting a relationship.
when is having a drink too much, that is a good question. one does not have to get drunk regularly to be considered an alcoholic. does this person require a drink each night to "relax"? does this person tend to lose control after having said drink? if so then this person may have the beginnings of a drinking problem and it should be addressed.
when is having a drink too much, that is a good question. one does not have to get drunk regularly to be considered an alcoholic. does this person require a drink each night to "relax"? does this person tend to lose control after having said drink? if so then this person may have the beginnings of a drinking problem and it should be addressed.
It's not a drink every night. One night it may be nothing, the next, a whole pint. No losing control, but change in behavior for sure. Most of the drinking occurs on the weekend, with a pint or 2 during the week. Sometimes it may just be beer.
Different for each individual. I would say when the slurring starts,argumentative,unsteady on feet,playing the fool its probably due to too much intake. My mother was like that and when she started slurring words we headed for the hills!!! The other unknowns are what's it doing to liver and kidneys.
If you're asking this question, then the drinking is a problem.
Note the use of the word "problem."
Somebody is going to raise their hand and kick and scream and say, "The quantity of drinking that OP describes is not alcoholism!" and on and on, but in my opinion, the only reason anybody asks a question like this is because the drinking is causing problems. Because if the drinking is not causing problems, then why ask the question?
I hope my answer doesn't sound too flippant. I take this kind of stuff seriously, based on long personal experience (with a happy ending). Best.
It's not a drink every night. One night it may be nothing, the next, a whole pint. No losing control, but change in behavior for sure. Most of the drinking occurs on the weekend, with a pint or 2 during the week. Sometimes it may just be beer.
A pint of what? I know you said vodka in the OP, but I've never seen anyone drink hard liquor by the pint. By the neat glass, or even out of the bottle (which is something of a sign in itself). But a pint of beer is absolutely standard. A pint of vodka is, well...quite a bit.
And as mentioned, if it's affecting a relationship, that's breaking rule 2 of my earlier post. It may not mean you're an alcoholic (having one drink will bother a SO that is against drinking), but if affects your relationship, it's a problem. Said person would need a new relationship, or cut the drinking down to a point that it no longer affects the relationship negatively. The priority is up to the person themselves.
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