How often do you drink?

[The Brain]

When it starts to have noticeable negative effects on the rest of your life.

What about the dependence vector?  Or is that just incorporated in negative effects?

E.g., the fellow who is good at his job, is good to his wife and kids, but pretty much always works his way through a six-pack during a workweek evening, and feels somewhat agitated internally if he can't for whatever reason?

I don't think addiction in itself has to be a problem.

[Jacob]

When it starts to have noticeable negative effects on the rest of your life.

What about the dependence vector?  Or is that just incorporated in negative effects?

E.g., the fellow who is good at his job, is good to his wife and kids, but pretty much always works his way through a six-pack during a workweek evening, and feels somewhat agitated internally if he can't for whatever reason?

I classify that as at the very least a danger sign.

[crazy canuck]

When it starts to have noticeable negative effects on the rest of your life.

What about the dependence vector?  Or is that just incorporated in negative effects?

E.g., the fellow who is good at his job, is good to his wife and kids, but pretty much always works his way through a six-pack during a workweek evening, and feels somewhat agitated internally if he can't for whatever reason?

I don't think addiction in itself has to be a problem.

I am addicted to breathing.  I just cant stop.  If I try I feel like I am going to die. 

[jimmy olsen]

Normally once or twice a week.

What does "real drunkenness" mean?

[Valmy]

Normally once or twice a week.

What does "real drunkenness" mean?

You drunk post on Languish.

[Capetan Mihali]

This struck me as a good resource for people trying to cut back on their drinking: http://www.drinkingdiary.com/index.html

And this seems to be the big alternative program for people who don't want to abstain entirely: http://www.moderation.org/

[The Brain]

[MadImmortalMan]

I can't put down 8 beers without feeling all bloated and gross. Not even 4, really. Beer has a built-in anti-excess mechanism.

[celedhring]

I'm drunk now.

But I won't indulge in drunk posting.

Oops.

[Capetan Mihali]

I'm drunk now.

But I won't indulge in drunk posting.

Thanks, it's appreciated. 

Oops.

SON OF A...! 

[lustindarkness]

Hmm, have not had a drink in about 3 weeks. I will go get me a beer now.

[lustindarkness]

Better now.

[Sheilbh]

Be interesting to see a geographical breakdown and if it confirmed stereotypes of civilised continentals, high functioning alcoholic Brits and abstemious but bingey Americans.

[Queequeg]

"Abstemious but bingey" is pretty much my exact drinking habit. 

[merithyn]

As a brewer, I always have alcohol around the house. Some of it is even worth drinking.

I tend to have somewhere around 4-6 drinks/week; sometimes more, sometimes less. When I'm incredibly stressed or incredibly depressed, I don't drink. It actually tastes nasty to me when I'm upset. When things are good, I may have an extra glass of wine with dinner.

That being said, last weekend, three friends and I split seven bottles of mead over the course of about three hours. We followed that up with food and then a mixed drink that had whiskey and absinthe in it. Yeah, I spent an hour or so throwing up in the middle of the night, and was pretty much worthless the next day. It was a lovely reminder of why I don't do that anymore.