Which is better drinking habit?

Discussion in 'Beer Talk' started by Davidstan, Aug 8, 2015.

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  1. JMS1512

    JMS1512 Initiate (0) Feb 18, 2013 New Jersey

    Unfortunate. My wife usually asks, "What beer are you drinking and would I like it?"
     
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  2. kjlcm

    kjlcm Pundit (869) Jul 16, 2013 Colorado

    What about thirsty Thursday? I think that is my favorite night to have a few!
     
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  3. Urk1127

    Urk1127 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,790) Jul 2, 2014 New Jersey
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    You dont have to drink them all within one week haha. I would myself, too. I just thought it was funny
     
  4. Kuaff

    Kuaff Initiate (0) Mar 31, 2013 Alaska

    Always better to spread it out, I think. I never binge. Too much for the body to take at once. And it would mean devoting an entire day to just being intoxicated, and I got things I want to (or need to) do everyday. Taking two~three hours at the end of the day to enjoy 3~5 beers works perfect for me.
     
  5. Davidstan

    Davidstan Savant (1,189) May 24, 2014 Alabama
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    I ave 2-3 per day and max out at 21 for any given week and never drink more than 4 in a night. In college 25 yrs ago I drank none during the week and a bunch on the weekends. Health wise I feel much better now than back then no question. There are parts of the medical community that say for 6 foot 190 lb person 3 a day is no problem. Big problem for someone 5'3" and 120 lbs. ( 12 oz 5% ABV)
     
  6. msscott1973

    msscott1973 Pooh-Bah (1,739) Dec 28, 2013 North Carolina
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    Due to my severe vulnerability to hangovers, I would space out as much as possible.
     
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  7. Greywulfken

    Greywulfken Grand Pooh-Bah (5,815) Aug 25, 2010 New York
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    I'd spread 'em out over the week and do 3/day given your choices...

    But my actual habit would be closer to 2-3 on weekdays and 4-5 on weekend days.
     
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  8. Prince_Casual

    Prince_Casual Savant (1,236) Nov 3, 2012 District of Columbia
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    Whatever it takes to keep the cellar under control.
     
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  9. RobertColianni

    RobertColianni Pooh-Bah (1,789) Nov 4, 2008 Pennsylvania
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    If you're setting goals with numbers of bottles per day you're really seeing things in a screwy light. I don't think that anybody should have more than three beers in a day, but we all do on occasion, so my advice to you would be have what you want and don't make it habitual. If you want a beer with dinner and you'd kind of like a second afterwards, cool. If you want a few more, whatever. Don't set seven beers aside for Friday, though. That's just ridiculous. Say you get to five and you're worn out. Do you then force the others down? Do you save them for the next day and then convince yourself that you've been a good boy and only had five yesterday, so nine today evens things out? This thread is ridiculous. I've worked with beer my entire adult life and I very often decline a beer because I'm just not in the mood. That doesn't make me anything special, but maybe you should think similarly.
     
  10. Tsar_Riga

    Tsar_Riga Grand Pooh-Bah (3,349) Sep 9, 2013 Minnesota
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    21 beers a week? I don't need 21 beers a week, thanks. I do drink 2 beers a day, most days, but that may be higher ABV, so I probably exceed CDC suggested consumption rates, but it is a close thing. Weekends are sometimes more, but that means 3 typically. I try to never catch a serious buzz.
     
  11. Jirin

    Jirin Initiate (0) Apr 28, 2013 Massachusetts

    I tend to drink 8-10 a week, but if I had to drink 21 per week, 3 per day.

    3 beers in a night makes you feel good. 7 beers a night makes you feel awful.
     
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  12. BeerForMuscle

    BeerForMuscle Grand Pooh-Bah (3,713) Nov 26, 2006 New Jersey
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    Depends if you are made out of flan or have mouse bones.
     
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  13. bubseymour

    bubseymour Grand Pooh-Bah (4,800) Oct 30, 2010 Maryland
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    This is pretty much spot on to my patterns.
     
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  14. johnInLA

    johnInLA Pooh-Bah (2,350) Jun 12, 2005 California
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    This is just my opinion, but 21 beers a week is not a healthy or sustainable habit. 21 beers in three days per week is even worse.
     
  15. Pantalones

    Pantalones Initiate (0) Nov 14, 2014 Virginia

    Either one of those options is a good bit more than I normally drink per day...

    But given only those choices, I would definitely have to go with 3 per day. Have one with lunch/supper and the other two after work, I suppose. Maybe flip it around to one with lunch (or breakfast? I'm not usually up early enough for those to be two distinct meals XD), one with supper, one after work if I had an unusually high-ABV beer that I wanted to have after work. Or maybe two with a meal and one later, on no-work days.

    21 over the course of three days would definitely not work for me, especially considering that the weekend days are usually my three busiest work days (and I have to drive to work!) 21 in just three days would be way too much for me anyway, driving and work just makes it even more of an impossible situation.
     
  16. hophugger

    hophugger Grand Pooh-Bah (3,434) Mar 5, 2014 Virginia
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    3 per day. Beers are my after work relaxation
     
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  17. offthelevel_bytheplumb

    offthelevel_bytheplumb Maven (1,277) Aug 19, 2013 Illinois

    We're all impressed.
     
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  18. CheapHysterics

    CheapHysterics Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2009 Pennsylvania

    Agree... plus it's harder to appreciate how good the beer you're drinking is after 4 or 5.
     
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  19. SteveB24

    SteveB24 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2013 New York

    My wife "You're drinking a third beer???"
    Me "You need to practice arithmetic"
     
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  20. Benish

    Benish Pooh-Bah (2,446) Mar 13, 2013 Utah
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    Don't know about you guys but 21 beers a week sounds like a lot.
     
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