Posted on 01/07/2014 7:02:10 PM PST by RoosterRedux
At least 38 million U.S. adults drink too much, and most of them are not alcoholics, according to a new “Vital Signs” report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“For every one person who is alcoholic there are about six who are problem drinkers, drinking enough to adversely affect their lives, their health, their work situation or family situation,” CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden said.
Three-quarters of Americans who drink too much are considered “binge drinkers.” This includes men who consume more than four alcoholic drinks in one setting and women who consume more than three.
But excessive drinking can also include “high average drinkers” (men who consume more than an average of two drinks per day or 14 per week and women who average more than one drink per day or seven per week). Any alcohol consumed by pregnant women, people under the age of 21 or people driving cars or operating heavy machinery is considered too much, Frieden said.
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This is about personal wars.
Many drinkers can take it or leave it, they feel no compulsion, they just like drinking. They can quit with no withdrawal symptoms.
Maybe. But I don't trust a branch of an entirely out-of-control nanny-state to define when drinking is a "problem". I bet if I heard their definition it wouldn't be anything I'd recognize as reality.
Finding problems that need solved is how you justify more money and people for your agency.
Three times now I’ve woken up on a train headed in the wrong direction.
I was asking those questions as scientific questions, not if they would pertain to me.
You’re not kidding.
I used to think I was an alcoholic. Now, I can afford it.
Unfortunately, no. "Unmet needs" is the bitcoin of the beltway, and they have people dedicated to mining for them.
Best of luck to you and admitting that you have a problem is a great step forward. Best wishes.
I find that substituting a good hot tea for wine works well when I want to cut back. I think I like the idea of drinking a glass of wine more than I actually like drinking it. I can’t stop at one, always at least 2. It’s like potato chips, so I find that just not having any makes me feel so much better the next day.
I think I am ready!
I think I am ready!
You can do it! God bless you.
But then I am back here again.
Four beers in one sitting makes you a binge drinker? LOL
Damn, I better admit myself in the morning.
Thx Mears...and going to start tomorrow.
I can see why people slide into alcoholism (especially women) once the children all leave. Suddenly you don’t really have to get up early anymore etc, so you think I’ll have one more and one more then the next day is ruined. Fortunately I like to exercise, get up early and feel good. I have a family member that has been a pretty bad alcoholic for 30 years so I try to watch it.
Your Home/About page is very good and inspiring. You’re already on the right track, friend.
I wonder how many studies of the general public's private lives it take to classify a public agency as a binge busy-body, strike that, a stone cold drunk mauler of good decent people who relax in their homes with family and friends...
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