How many drinks do you have per week?

[phantom13]

Getting a little off topic but a MacDonalds 'Bundle for 4' – 4 burgers, 4 medium Fries, 4 medium Drinks, 10 nuggets - costs $39.95. Eating that regularly for dinner is not good for your health or cheap. You could rustle up a more nutritious meal for half that cost in not much more than the wait time at the drive through.

Bundle for 2 which could feed a young family of 4 is $24.95 AND again, the time, if you work 12 hour shifts or shift work in general but one stop, no cooking. Time is a privilege.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Mate drink whatever you want just don't pretend it's actually good for you

I didn't claim any level of alcohol consumption is good for you. I referred to an Australian government website that gives official advice on whether someone might have a problem with alcohol.

As I said, the recommendations are subjective and not wholly based on science. You need to look at the relative risk compared to other lifestyle choices. Smoking, junk food, no exercise, riding a motorbike.

 

[phantom13]

I didn't claim any level of alcohol consumption is good for you. I referred to an Australian government website that gives official advice on whether someone might have a problem with alcohol.

As I said, the recommendations are subjective and not wholly based on science. You need to look at the relative risk compared to other lifestyle choices. Smoking, junk food, no exercise, riding a motorbike.

Its an interesting article, this in particular.

For example, Belgium labels up to 21 drinks a week for men and 14 for women as low risk, while Ireland goes with up to 17 drinks for men and 11 for women, with two alcohol-free days a week. France recommends no more than 10 standard drinks a week – the same as Australia – but never more than two standard drinks a day and at least one alcohol-free day a week. The UK advises no more than 14 units a week, over at least three days, and “some” alcohol-free days, while the US recommends no more than two drinks a day for men and one for women.

To further confuse things, countries have different definitions of what constitutes a standard drink. In the US, a standard drink contains 14 grams of alcohol, in Australia it’s 10 grams and in the UK it’s about eight grams.

In some countries there is separate advice for men and women, while in others – including Australia – there is not. Conigrave says at the lower levels of drinking advised in the Australian guidelines, the health impact is similar for men and women. At higher levels of consumption, women are more vulnerable to harm.

Its obviously EXTREMELY broad advice that doesnt factor in any other lifestyle choices or personal history and data (a larger woman with a history with alchohol is obviously going to tolerate it better than a skinny male tee totaller).

Im pretty sure if you asked any doctor or medical professional what the absolute optimal number of alchoholic drinks per week is theyd tell you its zero, the same way they would tell you not to eat red meat or processed sugar.

 

[Gralin]

I didn't claim any level of alcohol consumption is good for you. I referred to an Australian government website that gives official advice on whether someone might have a problem with alcohol.

As I said, the recommendations are subjective and not wholly based on science. You need to look at the relative risk compared to other lifestyle choices. Smoking, junk food, no exercise, riding a motorbike.

again we're talking about booze here not riding a motorbike

you replied to a post saying having 15-20 drinks 2-3 times a week was a problem with guidelines that don't say its not a problem

i get it, people don't like to think they have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol

it makes them uncomfortable

we've got a culture of drinking here, what most people consider fine is above what the guidelines recommend anyway

so people go to those tick boxes and say phew I'm fine

if you've been drinking heavily 5-7 days a week for a while, you'll find out pretty quick where you stand if you take a break

everything else i just noise

either you can stop drinking or you can't

if you can't you've got a problem

 

[errant bounce]

You've all done well here. you've made something as fun as drinking to be the most boring shit ever.

 

[Pistol Night]

You've all done well here. you've made something as fun as drinking to be the most boring shit ever.

Just get pissed and itll fun again

 

[rocker_oz33]

BF like to ask personal information don't they .

 

[phantom13]

You've all done well here. you've made something as fun as drinking to be the most boring shit ever.

Its probably an age thing.

I dont really care what anyone does and i binge drank like a fish when i was younger. Drinking isnt boring (although i reckon a glass of red every night with dinner is some slippers on night cap wearing dullard shit) but its risky.

 

[Cruyff14]

This isn’t very productive or helpful. you’re not a heavy drinker. I’m more interested in the experience of people who aren’t scared of alcohol. it’s like saying smokes are bad. obviously they’re not good for you but it’s all relative.

People coming on here who don’t drink and are lecturing are in the wrong place.

I don’t go into the myriad fast food threads and bag them out. people reckon sushi sushi and Guzman y Gomez is a healthy meal.

I’m quite a stressed out and melancholic and emotional person and alcohol helps with that. I don’t think some specialist or shrink is going to help and SSRIs are absolutely ****ed. it’s not a healthy way of dealing with my personality and feelings but it’s my decision.

At this point I’m looking at harm minimisation. I’m a proper hypochondriac so just need to know I’m not going to end up seizing at work or something.

As said, I’ll generally have a six pack almost every night - obviously some evenings it’s one or two stubbies and sometimes it’s 10. Thursdays through Sunday nights it’s at least that many with a bottle of red on top. I know it’s a large amount. I’m not worried about my health because it’s fine - I’m not even worried about being addicted because after all this time, it hasn’t escalated (which is unusual: most people slowly progress from a few a night to the spirits). I just don’t want to have to end up with serious withdrawal issues and to be in a situation where I’m hospitalised from withdrawal.

Again, a bunch of people coming in saying ‘I don’t drink but that seems a lot’ isn’t productive.

You came in to a thread and asked a question and I answered it, honestly.

Don't throw the toys out of the pram because you're not liking what you're reading.

A six pack almost every night is also concerning.

 

[phantom13]

You've all done well here. you've made something as fun as drinking to be the most boring shit ever.

TBH your original post and the volumes your drinking and the way your drinking sound incredibly boring and sad.

Drinking at home, on your own, to excess on a weeknight. Thats not anyones definition of fun (and im not scared of booze i used to love getting on it).

As a helpful suggestion, you say youre not worried about addiction. Take a month off, hell take a week off if you can.

Its either going to demonstrate you can do it, no withdrawals and your body not only can handle it but might thrive or its going to demonstrate it might be an issue.

 

[Pistol Night]

TBH your original post and the volumes your drinking and the way your drinking sound incredibly boring and sad.

Drinking at home, on your own, to excess on a weeknight. Thats not anyones definition of fun (and im not scared of booze i used to love getting on it).

As a helpful suggestion, you say youre not worried about addiction. Take a month off, hell take a week off if you can.

Its either going to demonstrate you can do it, no withdrawals and your body not only can handle it but might thrive or its going to demonstrate it might be an issue.

Yeah you’re right. I can go a couple weeks alcohol free and then drink enough to speak fluent Robbo the next . Those days are less and less common though naturally. If you’re drinking every day out of reliance rather than enjoyment of it that’s an issue

 

[rocker_oz33]

Yeah you’re right. I can go a couple weeks alcohol free and then drink enough to speak fluent Robbo the next . Those days are less and less common though naturally. If you’re drinking every day out of reliance rather than enjoyment of it that’s an issue

I've been to a few gigs over the years .
I crazy how much people drink and the cost of the drinks.
And how these people getting served when they full slobbo.

I even seen one couple going though all their cans seeing if they missed any...

 

[rocker_oz33]

group of people in front of us were going hard on the cans.

Once the main act came on they were all passed out.

 

[Pistol Night]

group of people in front of us were going hard on the cans.

Once the main act came on they were all passed out.

Not piss fit

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

The amount of money young people spend on cocktails and mixed drinks is mind boggling.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Its probably an age thing.

I dont really care what anyone does and i binge drank like a fish when i was younger. Drinking isnt boring (although i reckon a glass of red every night with dinner is some slippers on night cap wearing dullard shit) but its risky.

Hey!!

 

[rocker_oz33]

The amount of money young people spend on cocktails and mixed drinks is mind boggling.

Not just young ones.

Older ones seem to cut loose a night off with no kids and drink like its 1999..

 

[phantom13]

Hey!!

I have dinner at 5pm and am tucked up in bed by 7.30pm, i pass no judgement.

 

[Billy ray]

I have dinner at 5pm and am tucked up in bed by 7.30pm, i pass no judgement.

welcome to Qld - great isnt it!