I’ve seen some of these people. They don’t look like they’re enjoying it.
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Mark sure likes to call attention to how little he drinks.
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I was just about to do that math myself… But you get better bang for your buck if you buy a 1.75L handle for ~$18.00 which puts you at 60 drinks, a mere 0.30¢ per serving.
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Shouldn’t that chart be measuring the share of adults age 21 and over, not 18?
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I worked it out soon after college that the last two years there featured 30-35 drinks a week. Now? Two. Alcoholism must be a bitch and a half.
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I propose a toast
To my self control
You see it crawling there
Helpless on the floor
Someday there’ll be a cure for pain
That’s the day I’ll throw my booze away
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When the chart at the top of the article was published last September (the info about alcohol related deaths is new) I was shocked that the huge majority of Americans drank as little as I did (0-2 drinks per week). It’s also amazing that the financial health of the liquor industry relies on 10 percent of the population consuming health/life destroying amounts of their product.
To look at that chart another way: The top 10% of adults are responsible for 75% of alcohol consumption in the country! Jeebus H Christmas!
Also, that amount of alcohol represents a minimum of about 1000 calories per day. That’s for straight vodka. If you’re mixing it with anything or drinking beer, you’re talking about someone drinking half their daily calories and getting zero nutrition. I’m surprised they don’t die at even higher rates.
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Tracking the story back, this is a new WaPo story referencing a story from a year ago referencing a book from 2007 referencing a NESARC study from 2001-2005 (with the actual sample taken in 2001-2). A slightly more timely discussion of this study and its conclusions is here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.12627/full
Incidentally, was there anything special that happened in 2001 that might have had an effect on the drinking rate at that time?
(Mark, seriously a sip of your wife’s wine? Do you also take a forkful of her dessert? When she’s reading a book, do you tear out a couple of pages to read for yourself? Be civilized, buy your family a second wine glass and pour yourself a few drops in your own glass.)
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Not to mention what people actually do.
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From the source of the data (a study by the NIH) it was self reported based on a large national survey. I’m a data analyst for a large healthcare institution, I’d be interested to see how our population compares. (Drinks per week is routinely collected in the primary care setting.)
I used to know some pretty hard drinking people. 74 a week does not sound out of the ordinary for at least 4 people (edit: on a few moments of reflection, 8 people) I could name off the top of my head, each of whom I currently avoid with as much compassion as I can muster.
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This alcoholism thing looks doable!
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How accurate is the depiction of alcoholism in Boyhood?
30-packs of beer cost about $20.00.
6 feet away! Due South!
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My father drinks at least 5 “drinks” per night, more if we’re talking about festive times… He’s 81. He thinks most people drink this much and that I’m a weirdo for thinking its a lot. And, truth be told, I don’t think he’s an alcoholic. He just drinks too much. My brother-in-law, who is an alcoholic drinks a 2-4 of beer (that’s 24 beers for you non-canadians) every day.
People that drink a lot can drink a lot and not see anything wrong with that.
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To the gif thread that one goes!
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There are different kinds of alcoholics.
My dad used to drink a lot of beer when I was younger. I don’t recall him ever drunk, I am sure he was buzzed by the end of the night though. At one point he just stopped drinking beer. Said he wasted enough money on it.
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Mortgage payments under $600? I want to move where you live!
Also, how the fuck does anyone enjoy fine spirits after ten drinks in a day? What a waste!
Also also, I feel like this headline is misleading. 74 drinks a week seem more likely among the bottom 10% of Americans, or those about to be on the bottom (not to be confused with being bottoms, which I’m told can be tops!).
Hmm, I don’t remember that. Which character?
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