Daily Alcohol Intake?
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- scarabin
how many fl. oz. of alcohol do you reckon you drink per day?
i've heard different reports about what's healthy, what's acceptable, etc. but i would like to know what's actually happening.
i keep a 2 oz flask in my jacket pocket filled with whiskey. by the end of the day it's empty. every day. i'll have an additional 4-6 oz if i end up at a bar or something.
and yourself?
- mikotondria30
That's a fair amount mate, every day, all day - you'll only know if it's too much too frequently for you when there's a problem. You might be lucky, some people can drink like that and not show ill effects. Other people, the first they know about it is some irreversible liver complaint or finding their 'taste' increases to a half bottle a day. Then a few beers, maybe. Not a problem. Sure.
Spirits are carcinogenic, and always having some sloshing around your mouth and gullet makes you susceptible to some nasty cancers that show no signs before they erupt and leave you with a hole in your face or neck if you're lucky, and on a slab if you're not.
It's only booze, bitter, heady burning liquid that makes things slightly more fun for a couple of hours, make a bar tolerable, or other people more interesting, it's not something worth developing a habit over that can damage your health or your relationships.
It's not a huge amount considering what many people drink with varying degrees of functionality, but if you can do without it everyday, do without it, if you can't, find a way you can.
What a nagging, small-minded idiot I must sound - mm, not bothered - if you worked for me and I knew you kept sipping at a flask all day, every day, you'd be out the door, cause the 10 year forecast wouldn't be good. Just pack it in, and drink normally - a few drinks at the weekend, no more than 10 units, not every weekend.- i'm not worried about my own consumption as 2 oz is just slightly larger than one shot... docs recommend two drinks a day or so...scarabin
- day or so? mostly just curious what others are doing :) i hear ya thoughscarabin
- right, right - the 21 units a week was just totally arbitrary. Don't mean to be preachy, I just care :(
Dont sweat it. Bests to you :)mikotondria3
- brandelec0
16 oz.
- CALLES0
some days i have 0... but i usually make up for it friday afternoon and till whatever time i pass out saturday. in beer... probably over 2 12packs... liquor... only god... or satan for that matter... may know
- jfletcher0
Just wait until you get older and start getting a gut from the alcohol :P
2oz seems minimal, 4-6 doesn't seem that bad, but daily might be getting to be a bit much.... but doubt it's daily.
I drink 0oz 6 days a week and probably 8-12oz the one night I let myself drink.
- stoplying0
2 oz of Whiskey is roughly 2 shots, no? That seems like a small amount over the course of a day. Enough to take the edge off though.
I drink beer 99% of the time and I usually consume 4-6 12 oz beers on any given night depending on their ABV%. My frequency depends on how shitty I feel from the night before.
That being said, I last drank on Sunday and went to the gym tonight !
- inteliboy0
1 stubby a weeknight.
6 pack + weekend nights.
- PonyBoy0
I drink every night almost - for the most part beer... sometimes vodka.
Beers - I drink this cheap ice beer that's 8.1% alc/vol... and I honestly drink between 48 - 72 ounces a night... .. I have for the last 2+ years I guess.
I also smoke a load of weed... but I've actually cut back - I used to smoke an ounce a week myself - did that for the last 6 years. Only about 6 months ago have I cut way back... but I still kill just over a 1/2 on my own.
I'm honestly REALLY feeling the abuse too... I get sick every other morning like it's a normal part of my day... ... and I swear there's a lump on my neck but I'm probably just being a pussy.
- scarabin0
i should clarify. i'm not really concerned about my use; i personally think it's pretty small compared to a lot of people i know. i haven't actually been drunk since 2006– i just have a nip here and there throughout the day to take the edge off things.
compared to say, mad men, it might as well be soda.
i'm just curious about what other people are actually doing as compared to the "recommended daily allowance"
- fuck me - stop drinking in the day and be sober for a couple weeks. THEN go out and get drunk. Thats what alcohol is designed for, it's not prozac..mikotondria3
- ..designed to do.
It's not prozac, or hrt. Give it a break, then abuse it hard, so it kicks your ass.mikotondria3 - hahahaha@miko's adviceMiguex
- <good way to build up a healthy tolerance so yr liver ain't fucked. carry on.jaylarson
- CALLES0
i remember the days i was able to drink 10 long islands in a night
- well not remmeber remember... but you know what i meanCALLES
- you had a receipt anyway...prophet
- hahascarabin
- + ha'smikotondria3
- JackRyan0
Usually a case of Smirnoff Ice...with some kids from high school.
- boobs0
Depends how good the cocaine is, actually.
- o_O0
4 pints a night mon - fri
- Miguex0
I buy a pack of 16 beers and it can last me for months in the fridge.
I don't really drink alone in my place, so during the week I would say zero. I do enjoy beers when I go out, but I don't really get wasted, just enough to be friendly and buy drinks to people I don't know.I stop smoking cigarretes (the poison ones, not weed) about 5 years ago.
- epic_rim0
about 6 beers every evening. I'm getting nice and round off it too.
- Miguex0
Michael Felps chugs it