What's a "drink"?
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What's a "drink"?
You read the literature and posts on this forum, and you see "xx drinks per day." But what's a drink? Is it a glass of wine (how large a glass?)? Is it one beer?
The whole notion of "drink" seems so undefined generally that it's dangerous.
"I only had two drinks tonight" might mean that I only filled my water glass up half full twice with whiskey. Half the bottle is gone, but I only had two drinks.
The whole notion of "drink" seems so undefined generally that it's dangerous.
"I only had two drinks tonight" might mean that I only filled my water glass up half full twice with whiskey. Half the bottle is gone, but I only had two drinks.
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A drink is a 12 oz beer, a 5 oz glass of wine or a 1-1/2 oz shot of hard liqouor. Regardless of what else you mix these with, thats a drink. These all contain about the same amount of alcohol.
A lot of people that drink at home will say they had 4 beers, but if they were 16 ouncers, they really had 5+ drinks. Similarly you could pour yourself 5 mixed drinks, with a "heavy hand" and easily consume 8 drinks.
A lot of people that drink at home will say they had 4 beers, but if they were 16 ouncers, they really had 5+ drinks. Similarly you could pour yourself 5 mixed drinks, with a "heavy hand" and easily consume 8 drinks.
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For me it was 3 glasses of wine = the whole bottle = really 8 std drinks.
6 beers = 1 1/2 std drinks each = 9 std drinks
= 17 std drinks a night, recommended for woman.....2! Gulp!
Just wanted to work it out for myself, but if u go by medical guidelines a standard drink is very small. A sip for me actually
6 beers = 1 1/2 std drinks each = 9 std drinks
= 17 std drinks a night, recommended for woman.....2! Gulp!
Just wanted to work it out for myself, but if u go by medical guidelines a standard drink is very small. A sip for me actually
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Originally Posted by Jauburn 
You read the literature and posts on this forum, and you see "xx drinks per day." But what's a drink? Is it a glass of wine (how large a glass?)? Is it one beer?
The whole notion of "drink" seems so undefined generally that it's dangerous.
"I only had two drinks tonight" might mean that I only filled my water glass up half full twice with whiskey. Half the bottle is gone, but I only had two drinks.
The whole notion of "drink" seems so undefined generally that it's dangerous.
"I only had two drinks tonight" might mean that I only filled my water glass up half full twice with whiskey. Half the bottle is gone, but I only had two drinks.
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For me, my nightly "drink" consisted of a half pint of whiskey poured into a one liter Diet Coke bottle and filled the rest of the way with Diet Coke. Sometimes I even had 2 "drinks" (whole pint of whiskey). Real ladylike, huh? Once started I didn't stop til I passed out or ran out. Like Dee, today there is not a safe drink amount for me except ZERO!
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Originally Posted by Jauburn
You read the literature and posts on this forum, and you see "xx drinks per day." But what's a drink? Is it a glass of wine (how large a glass?)? Is it one beer?
The whole notion of "drink" seems so undefined generally that it's dangerous.
"I only had two drinks tonight" might mean that I only filled my water glass up half full twice with whiskey. Half the bottle is gone, but I only had two drinks.
The whole notion of "drink" seems so undefined generally that it's dangerous.
"I only had two drinks tonight" might mean that I only filled my water glass up half full twice with whiskey. Half the bottle is gone, but I only had two drinks.
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Originally Posted by lillyknitting
I can drink three glasses of wine - 175ml size glasses - and feel absolutely fine the next day without any hangover at all. But for me to stop at that amount is virtually impossible because I would get the flavor after the second and third glass and would want more. That's my problem.
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Originally Posted by Jauburn
Is whether you get a hangover the determining factor in whether you consider your drinking to be a problem? I drink a lot of water while I'm drinking booze, and that limits my hangovers.
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Really and truly, it doesn't matter about the label "alcoholic", to me if alcohol is damaging your life, and like me, too much drinking, with usually disasterous consequences then I decided to he'll with this life I don't want this any more. My hangovers were like nervous breakdowns, I used to feel so I'll, I couldn't face the day, yet alone function, that's without all the histrionics from husband and family. Drinking caused havoc in my life and nearly destroyed me and my marriage and my daughter. But, it's staying stopped that's the problem for me. If I could stay stopped I would never need to read another self help book again, or post on this forum again, I could just get in with my life and move on, but it's not as easy as that.......
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What's a "standard" drink?
Many people are surprised to learn what counts as a drink. In the United States, a "standard" drink is any drink that contains about 0.6 fluid ounces or 14 grams of "pure" alcohol. Although the drinks below are different sizes, each contains approximately the same amount of alcohol and counts as a single standard drink.
12 fl oz of regular beer = 8-9 fl oz of malt liquor =
5 fl oz of table wine = 3-4 oz of fortified wine (such as sherry or port) =
2-3 oz of cordial, liqueur, or aperitif = 1.5 oz of brandy
(a single jigger or shot) = 1.5 fl oz shot of 80-proof spirits ("hard liquor")
source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA
What's a standard drink? - Rethinking Drinking - NIAAA
Also from NIAAA: Alcohol Myths
Many people are surprised to learn what counts as a drink. In the United States, a "standard" drink is any drink that contains about 0.6 fluid ounces or 14 grams of "pure" alcohol. Although the drinks below are different sizes, each contains approximately the same amount of alcohol and counts as a single standard drink.
12 fl oz of regular beer = 8-9 fl oz of malt liquor =
5 fl oz of table wine = 3-4 oz of fortified wine (such as sherry or port) =
2-3 oz of cordial, liqueur, or aperitif = 1.5 oz of brandy
(a single jigger or shot) = 1.5 fl oz shot of 80-proof spirits ("hard liquor")
source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA
What's a standard drink? - Rethinking Drinking - NIAAA
Also from NIAAA: Alcohol Myths
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Is whether you get a hangover the determining factor in whether you consider your drinking to be a problem?
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