What qualifies as "binge drinking" to you?

[PornoDoggy]

Where I come from, binge drinking usually involves the number of days, not the number of drinks.

[TheEnforcer]

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

Where I come from, binge drinking usually involves the number of days, not the number of drinks.

Hahahahaha.. exactly!!

[Red]

5 is a low number to qualify as binge drinking, though I suppose a lot depends on one's tolerance. 5 drinks would have me passing out and throwing up for the entire next day while for many others, 5 barely makes a dent.


I disagree that there is more drinking on campuses today than 20 or 30 years ago. They just never took surveys back then and drunken college stupidity was not as well publicized. Those were the days before fraternity hazing became an issue so there was very little focus on college social life. People are just paying more attention to campus life now, so it's noticed.

[Grump]

5 drinks??? Thats a warmup for drinking, not a binge! I used to consider it a binge if I ended up in a different time zone than I started in. Or if my maritial state changed during the fun.

[MorganGrayson]

I think there definitely needs to be a definition of the word "sitting." If your sitting is an entire evening in a bar...arriving at say 8PM and not leaving until 2PM closing, with the five drinks spaced out, it can't really be considered "binge drinking." That's a six hour "sitting." One ounce of alcohol is processed by the body in one hour. In six hours, five evenly spaced drinks would be processed, leaving the drinker competent.

If, however, your "sitting" is one hour and you have five drinks, you're definitely "binge drinking." You're also drunk off your ass and liable to be heaving in the gutter.

The study is extremely flawed. They seem to have gotten the results they were looking for.