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Ellellelle

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  1. The CDC may say that 14 drinks per week is moderate, and therefore not harmful, but that definition is also there to support the alcohol industry. I grew up thinking it was normal for parents to have several drinks every night but later learned it’s uncommon. With 14 drinks someone is in the top 20% of drinkers not at the middle as implied by the word moderate.
    and no judgement I was a previously heavy drinker on weekends. 
    Yeah, I agree that 14 is a lot, I'm just referencing NIAAA guidelines. Drinking at what is technically moderate doesn't mean you won't meet the criteria for alcohol use disorder, the pure numbers and patterns are just more of a screening tool to look for problem drinking.
  2. I've never understood the "drinks per day" metric. I don't drink on weekdays anymore but have multiple drinks on weekends. I honestly don't know how that would spread out on a per day average. 
    For a male, binge episode is 5 standard drinks or more. If you're drinking this much, the average doesn't matter because it's harmful drinking. If it's 4 or less per day, you can average that out over week. If you're at or under 14 and you have no binges, this is considered moderate drinking. 14 drinks a week all the way to 1 drink a month is moderate drinking for men (7 for the ladies).
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