Originally Posted by
TigersFoundMe 
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), men should have no more than 14 drinks a week; more than that and they are increasing their chances for alcohol-related health problems. The NIAAA recommends two ways to drink no more than 14 drinks a week:
Low-risk drinking: No more than 4 drinks a day, no more than 4 days a week.
Moderate drinking: No more than 2 drinks a day, 7 days a week.
I was surprised by the low-risk drinking guidelines... it seems like a lot of alcohol to me! But you can find these guidelines on their website at rethinkingdrinking.niaaa.nih.gov
Yep. The scientific basis of this is generalizations based on mortality studies. Most countries just copy the others. Has nothing to do with the overall spectrum of life problems caused by excessive drinking. It's not really science, either, as there is no way all those people drank those very specific units consistently for X years of their lives.
He's still at double that or doesn't measure though, I imagine. Keep reading here, the only 'safe' amount of alcohol for a person with this affliction is zero.
