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Is it ok to have 5-15 drinks a day
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:27 AM Author: massive brass blood rage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49004915) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 8:24 PM Author: thriller meetinghouse hissy fit yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006773) |
Date: June 11th, 2025 10:28 AM Author: Arousing Boltzmann wait (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49004917) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 3:37 PM Author: Histrionic Public Bath (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006037) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:30 AM Author: hideous lodge There is a huge gulf between 5 and 15. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49004923) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:35 AM Author: Copper sanctuary Yeah it's called dedication (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49004939) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:47 AM Author: Black Kitty Field (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49004993) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:38 AM Author: big cyan dilemma (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005196) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 12:52 PM Author: Olive Aromatic Cruise Ship Liquid Oxygen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005436) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 3:37 PM Author: Histrionic Public Bath (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006038) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:40 AM Author: flesh hairraiser people who are hurt (alcoholic) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49004966) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:48 AM Author: Black Kitty Field (Expert) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49004994) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:50 AM Author: hideous lodge 15 is still amateur night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005010) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:11 AM Author: Citrine laser beams Yeah it’s really cool and badass to still be drinking yourself retarded in your 50s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005069) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:12 AM Author: thirsty headpube I was retarded prior to the drinking to (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005072) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:22 AM Author: hideous lodge Sometimes your brain needs an off switch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005113) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 12:30 PM Author: slate comical death wish business firm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005362) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:16 PM Author: lilac boyish property generalized bond Try a bullet
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Date: June 12th, 2025 1:22 PM Author: hideous lodge That would be irreversible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49008602) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:08 AM Author: massive brass blood rage Yes but some days I have 5 and some days I have 15 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005064) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:22 AM Author: hideous lodge Take two weeks off now, don’t drink every day ever. Drink to feel better, not to feel good. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005117) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:25 AM Author: massive brass blood rage Easier said than done. I have Work Rage and a lot of stress. And now I’m physically dependent to some degree on top of it. I probably take a couple days off every few weeks. During the work week I drink to decompress from stress and then weekend rolls around and I want to have a good time. Most of my friends are heavy drinkers too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005124) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:33 AM Author: hideous lodge That’s the difference between being an alcoholic and a drunk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005165) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 12:04 PM Author: massive brass blood rage In this scenario am I an alcoholic or a drunk (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005276) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 12:29 PM Author: hideous lodge The former (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005357) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 12:50 PM Author: massive brass blood rage Fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005428) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:22 AM Author: Excitant topaz ceo puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005115) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:49 AM Author: zombie-like grizzly nursing home party of the first part who cares (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005007) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:28 AM Author: concupiscible twisted corner legend it's clearly bad for you. honestly, any alcohol is probably bad for you, so you have to weigh the pleasure you get from it against the risks/detriments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005135) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:35 AM Author: Crystalline Orchestra Pit sometimes, a drink is your only friend in the world- don't lose count of that (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005175) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:41 AM Author: passionate crackhouse immigrant You’re not an alcoholic but you’re on your way! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005208) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 8:04 PM Author: spectacular cocky legal warrant plaza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006739) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:42 AM Author: Excitant topaz ceo puppy So somebody who lived to puberty in the middle ages had a lifespan roughly equal to ours. Yet, they were drinking constantly because the water wasn't safety. What's more, in the USA there's only like 10K liver transplants a year but only 2K people a year die waiting for a liver. It's true that alcohol is bad for you, but so is a lot of shit. The risks of alcohol are hugely overstated. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005212) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:44 AM Author: big cyan dilemma like the whole milk/lactose intolerance thing, the risks are not equal across different ethnic groups (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005218) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:53 AM Author: Burgundy Associate Base its ok but with proper diet and training you should be able to get up to 25 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005248) |
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Date: June 12th, 2025 9:47 AM Author: Dead Tripping Love Of Her Life Regret (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49007993) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 11:59 AM Author: Provocative clear temple We’re a mostly male office and allow alcohol. Everyone has bottles of scotch sitting around and we do “martini wednesdays” and such. I have somewhere in that range every day unless I’m in court. All the other lawyers do too except our estate planning guy who started waving a gun around and drove his car partially over the side of a mountain at a firm retreat. He promised everyone he’d never drink again. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005263) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 3:36 PM Author: concupiscible twisted corner legend that guy sounds like me when i was drinking, jesus christ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006030) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 12:11 PM Author: french 180 piazza what about just drinking on the weekends? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005293) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 12:51 PM Author: massive brass blood rage Did you hear about my Work Rage? But yes I used to only drink Friday to Sunday. But then I got some alcoholic friends, more work events with alcohol and drank more and then kept drinking (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005431) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:25 PM Author: Sapphire half-breed yeah like a 12 pack friday, saturday, and sunday is nbd, right? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005540) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:05 PM Author: Mustard locus I haven't had any alcohol all year and my life is falling apart (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005476) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:05 PM Author: massive brass blood rage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005478) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:06 PM Author: Vibrant mood persian I doubt I have five drinks a year (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005484) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:09 PM Author: massive brass blood rage When do you decide to drink if you have fewer than 5 a year. Like just at a wedding or something you might have two? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005497) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:24 PM Author: Vibrant mood persian New year and special events like seeing my parents for the 3/7 times I'll see them before they die (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005536) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 1:25 PM Author: Rose Sweet Tailpipe Yea, no, that’s not okay. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49005538) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 3:41 PM Author: lascivious gay garrison ive been having 1.5 to 2 liters of beer everyday for like 10 days now, no breaks. russian beer is delicious and cheap so i wont stop for a while (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006061) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 8:09 PM Author: spectacular cocky legal warrant plaza keep an eye on your weight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006752) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 8:16 PM Author: harsh cheese-eating home I think it depends highly on your ethnicity.
If you are Slavic, Irish, English, etc. you can probably drink 3-5 drinks a day and have relatively few consequences. If you are Asian, Native American, etc., not so much.
My father is over 75 and still has 2-3 drinks most days. He still works 4 days a week and is in good health apart from taking a statin for high blood pressure that I think is caused by stress and diet. He is sharp as a tack, walks long distances with no problems, and drives a high performance sports car. The main side effect is he may get drowsy by 9 PM. (But he’s up at 5:45 every morning whether he works or not.) My mom has a low tolerance and has probably 7 drinks per week. She was a SAHM and took decent care of herself, but is in worse health due to a heart condition, random auto-immune stuff, etc.
Social consequences are one thing. Drinking so much you get a DUI or can’t get up and have a purpose requires more than 4 drinks per day, IMO. But in my personal observation, I have not seen adverse health consequences for otherwise healthy people until you are drinking 6 or more per day with frequent 8+ binges. Your mileage may vary, though. |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 8:23 PM Author: harsh cheese-eating home Also, a lot of the ill long-term health effects of alcohol are confounded by a drinking culture that includes increased smoking rates, drunk driving, and eating fatty/shitty food. It’s hard to back those out. If you are eating vegetables and high-quality protein and having 2 glasses of wine and a scotch a few nights a week, and not waking up with a hangover, and still exercising and walking, you’re probably fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49006771) |
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Date: June 12th, 2025 10:03 AM Author: Dead Tripping Love Of Her Life Regret Do you know of anyone who averages three to six per day but does not drink eight or more per day on the weekend?
When I drank every day it took willpower to limit myself to six on a weekend day and the default was eight or more.
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Date: June 12th, 2025 1:23 PM Author: hideous lodge I would not drink on weekends. I preferred slower nights. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49008609) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 9:46 PM Author: bat shit crazy parlor cuckold LOL at all the bro-science rationalizing in here. I am a heavy drinker myself so I'm not going to advocate for teetotaling but it's additional self-harm to not keep your eyes wide open.
Alcohol is not good for your health in even small quantities, particularly with consistent daily drinking. 5-15 will catch up to the large majority of people, even if they could sustain it for years with no serious consequences. If you have family history of CVD and cancer, it's particularly stupid to drink like that. It also fucks up your looks, wrecks fitness and muscle development/maintenance, and negatively affects hormone levels. The slow and steady debilitation of cognitive function is also well known and supported by good research. It inflames your digestive tract and fucks up your gut microbiome, which is inarguably critical for good health.
As some of our alco-apologists pointed out, a few a day is not likely to put most people in serious health jeopardy although some downstream consequences are inevitable. There is no cogent argument that 50+ a week won't eventually fuck you up, placing you in a position where you must choose between not being able to really drink in a satisfying way anymore or just diving into the bottle with no heed for the future.
It's still worth it for many people. But scrambling around trying to find tortured rationalizations for why it's fine to dump booze into your body every day in lieu of constructive ways to endure the tedium of life is one of XO's most consistently retarded perspectives. |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:46 PM Author: harsh cheese-eating home CR. I’m just saying there’s a big difference between 20 per week and 50. 30 is probably the dividing line of alcoholism—but everyone has their own limits and many people go through phases of more or less drinking. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49007163) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:57 PM Author: massive brass blood rage Something tells me you have 20-30 drinks a week. Most people shockingly always think their level of drinking is somehow the healthy or at least acceptable level. But as you point out a lot of heavy drinkers are not heavy drinkers for decades but go through heavy and lighter months throughout the year, which complicates things. It’s not good for you and definitely decreases life expectancy, but being sober most of the time sucks and it’s a trade off consciously made by many. We’re in a historical period of lighter drinking especially in the US so those of that drink heavily are like the new smokers, with all these nanny state types running around talking about the dangers of drinking like they just discovered something new that everyone didn’t already know and consciously accept (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49007191) |
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Date: June 12th, 2025 1:25 PM Author: hideous lodge Lots of people who would have been or were heavy drinkers are now stoned out of their minds most of the time off edibles and weed pens. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49008612) |
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Date: June 11th, 2025 10:49 PM Author: Aggressive Tank most of the "constructive" ways you mention are ultimately not constructive at all, a great many of them are much worse than just hurting yourself (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49007174) |
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Date: June 12th, 2025 10:06 AM Author: Sapphire half-breed not being able to really drink in a satisfying way anymore tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49008035) |
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Date: June 12th, 2025 1:38 PM Author: passionate crackhouse immigrant Alcohol: Bad in every possible way, and totally worth it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736153&forum_id=2],#49008642) |