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Binge drinking (1 Viewer)
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Parrothead
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I'm a big fan 
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
rockaction
Footballguy
We're also getting bigger, so there's that.
Seriously, I no longer binge drink. Or drink at all, as most here know and as the Lord wills it. The good times were killing me.
Seriously, I no longer binge drink. Or drink at all, as most here know and as the Lord wills it. The good times were killing me.
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rockaction
Footballguy
I used to work a behavioral health line for an insurance agency that did intake for those that thought they ingested too much. You'd be surprised at the hold my beer holds I could put them on. I had to catch my breath after comparison. I was like, "You drank a liter this week? Hold last night's liter for me while I vomit in the stall while you're on hold, thanks."
jvdesigns2002
Footballguy
I’d probably qualify myself as a binge drinker on very rare occasions. I maybe drink alcoholic beverages 12-15 times a year. I’d say that 80- 90% of those times—I have at most one drink (a single beer watching a football game, or a glass of champagne at a wedding..etc). I go to vegas probably 10 times a year—and on 2-3 of those trips—I go to let loose and have wild fun. Basically—there are probably 2-3 nights a year where I probably consume 7 plus drinks—and they pretty much all happen in Vegas. It’s probably not the healthiest thing—but I feel like it’s not terrible being that i’m only doing it a couple times a year. Although the fact that I’m making excuses for it probably makes me an alcoholic. Lol.
Willie Neslon
Footballguy
I will be drinking only one glass of beer tomorrow. (240 ounce glass)
Judge Smails
Footballguy
No laughing matter. Big risk factor to heart related events. I’m a casual drinker with a high tolerance. Won’t drink at all at home for a week but then can polish off 5 vodka sodas and then glasses of wine the CEO is pouring. Buzzed but never sloppy. Not the “no more than 2” recommended. Drinking less now. Will see if triglycerides drop.
Blue Dot Orange Dot
Footballguy
This is me as well. We go to Vegas 3-4x/year and I have a min of 7 drinks each day - except the day before we fly home. I’m getting too old to fly after drinking the day before.
Other than that, I’ll have a beer or two sometimes when we’re out for dinner. Most of the time it’s water or iced tea.
leftcoastguy7
Footballguy
eh, who wants to live to 80 anyway.
If I can make it to 75 with a few bouts of binge drinking thrown in here and there, that's a deal I would take.
If I can make it to 75 with a few bouts of binge drinking thrown in here and there, that's a deal I would take.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
I do the same. I work out 5-6 days a week, watch everything I eat. Hardly ever eat junk food. Yet when I drink I can easily go out and have 7-8 pints with a mild buzz and never sloppy. I only drink Lite beer though. Had a physical in December and everything checked out good so far.
My doctor said to me "Do you drink a lot?" I said "Well your idea and my idea of drinking a lot are probably quite different." I said if I wanted I can easily drink 12 beers..he said that is not bad for a week. I said no that is in one night.
MAC_32
Footballguy
If the line is 7 then I usually do not. If I have more than 1 then it's usually 4-6. Looking back I think the only non-vacation periods that is more than once per week are around Thanksgiving and Christmas. And I have completely purged the at-home habit. It's an occasional glass of something brown or red or nothing at all.
Vacations though- look out.
Vacations though- look out.
moleculo
Footballguy
I'll have a beer, maybe two a day more often than not...maybe 4 days a week. I used to drink a good bit more than that but I've cut back as I've gotten older, although 4-5 on sundays watching football isnt really out of the question. I will still binge drink (7+) maybe 3-4 times a year, depending on who I'm with and where i am.
gianmarco
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Apple Jack
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Parrothead
Footballguy
on #6 
irish eyes
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
I think I’ve told this before but was discussing with some friends and I told my doctor 10 a week (lie) and got the lecture about drinking too much
may buddy says that’s nothing i told my doctor I have like 50 drinks a week. Doctor was shocked and said I can’t believe you drink that much every day and he says he doesn’t, he just goes to the bar 2 or 3 nights a week and has like 12 beers and 5-10 shots
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
While I don't think infrequent bingeing will take 5 years off your life, no old person is willing to trade healthy years in old age for youthful debauchery. The trick is figuring out how much abuse you can inflict on your younger self to allow the old version not to suffer.
And I definitely want to live to 80, provided I'm healthy enough to enjoy it. If a few bouts of binge drinking will prevent that, I'll pass.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
i don’t know, I guess im just not comfortable telling someone I see once a year that sometimes I have 25+ drinks a week if it’s not relevant to the reason im there
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
My buddy told his doctor he drinks a bottle of red wine a night. Doctor asked "Do you have a problem?" My buddy said "Not at all, it is easy to finish one bottle"
snogger
Footballguy
In high school and most of college..... 7 in one night was a light night for me... Lost track of how many times I woke up in the back of a car, a floor of a hotel, or, yes, next to some girl I had no idea of her name... Never planned it, just once I got started I had no shut off valve..
Thank God there was no such thing as cell phones back then and no one carried cameras with them..
Last time I was the guy on the right
was over 25 years ago and I don't miss it one bit.
in one night was a light night for me... Lost track of how many times I woke up in the back of a car, a floor of a hotel, or, yes, next to some girl I had no idea of her name... Never planned it, just once I got started I had no shut off valve..Thank God there was no such thing as cell phones back then and no one carried cameras with them..
Last time I was the guy on the right
was over 25 years ago and I don't miss it one bit. 
NutterButter
Footballguy
Nipsey
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Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Nipsey
Footballguy
Maybe. Mine are low but my LDL has always been elevated. My HDL is always high which is supposedly good. If we could knock hydrogenated oils out of our foods our lipid numbers would go into freefall. That stuff is what killing us and it's in everything. Genes trump all obviously.
Da Guru
Fair & Balanced
Are you are teetotaler now?In high school and most of college..... 7
Thank God there was no such thing as cell phones back then and no one carried cameras with them..
Last time I was the guy on the right
TheFanatic
Footballguy
I was definitely one of these guys till June when I quit. I stopped drinking in front of the kids then I quit drinking entirely. I do miss red wine from time to time, but I don't miss sleeping like ####. I don't miss blowing money on all the booze. I don't miss consuming a grade one carcinogen over and over.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Seems low
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Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Not sure what type of doctor you're seeing, but your primary MD might be interested in habits that influence your health, or stuff you do which might interact with the medications (s)he prescribes.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
My point is many people are willing to pawn off longevity for any number of vices, but they almost always do so when young and their imminent demise isn't on the table.
Godsbrother
Footballguy
I drink one night a week but that one day I'll have 7-8 beers so I think that I qualify.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
DallasDMac
Footballguy
Never have more than three. Not physically capable. Not from a "buzz" standpoint. I honestly just don't know how folks can retain so much liquid. I'd feel like a blimp.
snogger
Footballguy
No.. Normally I'll have a couple Bloody Mary's on Fridays, and I make my own wine so usually have a glass or two on Saturday nights..Are you are teetotaler now?In high school and most of college..... 7
Thank God there was no such thing as cell phones back then and no one carried cameras with them..
Last time I was the guy on the right
I'll have a beer once and a while on the weekends. I have a 12 pack in my fridge that has 3 cans in it which I bought back in November...
Just learned to
in moderation.
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NutterButter
Footballguy
This is why I only smoke weed. I'm gonna save the heroine use for when my imminent demise is on the table.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I think you meant heroin, but at that point the right young lady could be considered a heroine.
NutterButter
Footballguy
I did. My grammar and spelling are pretty horrific. I stopped caring years ago. That's the life of a pot smoking computer programmer.
gianmarco
Footballguy
BeTheMatch
Footballguy
I can't believe how little most of you drink... 
Juxtatarot
Footballguy
@Terminalxylem The article mentions the risk of death by accident and the long-term heath risks of averaging four or five drinks a day.
What I don’t understand is if there are long-term hearth risks of binging if it’s infrequent enough to keep daily averages low.
What I don’t understand is if there are long-term hearth risks of binging if it’s infrequent enough to keep daily averages low.
parasaurolophus
Footballguy
I don't want to be one the super users of medicare that go to the podiatrist to get my toenails trimmed at 85 so please don't hold my beer, just give it to me.
