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2 drinks a night reddit If it's a brewery I’ve only had two drinks this year so far - on the same night when an old friend was visiting from another country - because I just cannot sleep after drinking anymore. And don't eat fats or lots of carbs when drinking. my family is irish and 2-3 per night has always seemed completely normal. Two cans of strong IPA would be 3 standard drinks per day. According to the CDC, men should have 2 or less alcoholic drinks per day and women should have one or less. Thing to note is, if you get accustomed to drink something every day, be it Diet Coke, Coffee, Beer, Whatever you will get used to doing that. I've gone through long streches of having 2-3 drinks per night. I no longer drink liquor (that was worse lol). Excessive drinking is more than 8 drinks a week for a woman and more than 15 for a man. Yes it does. Or check it out in the app stores     TOPICS. 2 12 packs a day seems to be my norm for the past few months. That was absolutely brutal, lasted a week or so be real. Turns out - lots of Having four drinks a day every day is definitely too much. 7 drinks on Saturday night and then no alcohol for the rest of the week is only harmful (health wise, obviously people still drink for other I'm 40 now. Coming from a sober alcoholic, 1-2 a night is how many of us started It’s so culture specific. Yup. A standard drink would be like a can of budweiser. Even one drink and I wake up constantly throughout the night, sleep very restlessly, and wake up super early. She told me this starts to happen if you average more than 2 drinks per day. During my 20s and 30s I averaged 2 or 3 binges/week and no drinks on the other nights. 1-2 beers a day ain’t much. I usually drink cocktails which are stronger than your average beer. 5 -2 oz each. . 2-3 drinks per night, every night, spaced out, which would give me a slight buzz and help me sleep, but never was really drunk. I haven’t drank for about 2 weeks now but I might have a few tomorrow night. That’s what great about Reddit. I never got sick once. Although it was not nearly that high. Would pay good money to be able to tolerate weed instead 😭 Measure it yourself over the span of weeks after drinking routinely. I feel I am not happy quitting drinking fully, but the self The science isn't completely fixed to an absolute idea , it seems, but it's noted that consuming over 2 drinks can cause this delay while 1-2 drinks might boost testosterone levels slightly, but don't quote me on that. And when I ran out, I had to hit a liquor store. It also wasn’t so much that my diet and sleep went to complete 24 year old guy here. 3-5 drinks everyday is the equivalent to either a half or whole bottle of wine A DAY, and puts you in the top 15% of people who consume alcohol IN THE Perhaps my confusion lies in your definition of drinking. The most difficult thing is getting through the first 3 nights of no drink. Now, I polish off about 2 bottles a week. I didn’t drink for 2/3 years. Just things to keep in mind. My habit of drinking 1-2 glasses of wine (or another alcoholic beverage) per night developed over the pandemic because of stress but also because my partner at the time had a drinking problem. Then escalated to beers and whiskey then just whiskey. I don't drink in the mornings, don't get the shakes at work. A bottle and a half per night would have me flat in my back. BUT in addition, I drink 2-3 liters of water, and workout 1-1. And that 2-4 was absolutely mandatory. I rarely, rarely get drunk, or for that matter even notice ot feel the effects of alcohol. I have nights where I do like five or six. 15 or more standard drinks per week is The fact that OP can drink a sixpack a day without being massively hungover the next (and needing some time to recover from that night) already speaks for some tolerance building, imo. This would be the person who goes home each night and has three beers or the person that has eight drinks on Friday and Saturday night, doesn’t matter. Canada just updated the guidelines on ‘low risk’ drinking quite substantially. Unless it’s already watered down or something that is such a low alcohol content it’s “alcohol”. I know drinking alcohol does affect sleep but all the studies that are done are usually people that drink more than 3 drinks of alcohol. We have since broken up, but even in the year since it’s been hard for me to kick this habit. Internet Culture (Viral) It’s a problem if you feel like you “need” it or can’t go a night without a drink, but 1-2 light-ish beers of an evening isn’t someone with a drink problem, it’s just someone who likes beer. Can’t handle it anymore. A beer or two most nights and 2 nights a week getting slaughtered. I knew from my first sips as a young teenager that one drink would never be enough for me. 400K subscribers in the TheGirlSurvivalGuide community. I find reddit - or perhaps just these threads- skewed towards people who don't drink or drink very rarely. Couple of times a month perhaps. Just don't let two beers a night turn into a six pack a night and next thing you know you're chugging bottles of whiskey for breakfast. There’s decent evidence that perioperative risk goes up with more than 2 drinks a day, but I understand that you’re not going to make an alcoholic quit just because you had the preadmissions nurse ask. Now I’m nice and clean and have been since July 14 of 2020. To be able to drink six beers a day and function pretty normally is a warning sign, at least for me. That is wayyyyyyyy too As a general rule of thumb (this may or may not apply to you), 2 drinks in your 1st hour and 1 drink each hour after means you still can legally drive. Reply reply as1126 • I'm 51 and I have wine or a cocktail or bourbon probably 3-4 times per week either at home or while eating out. It also kills my ability to lose weight (suddenly the 1. In my extreme youth (18-25) I'd have more drinks than I could count. Now the drinking I did more recently was quite a bit less than that. I used to only drink on weekends, but multiple trips to Paris and Rome taught me that there are lots of perfectly healthy Europeans in their 60s and 70s that probably drink one or two glasses every night at dinner. If she has ever had trouble cutting down or stopping drinking, she may have a problem. Having 2-3 drinks a night (vodka and water) for about 2 years with the odd day of not drinking. Low-risk levels of drinking are generally defined by no more than one drink (as defined above) per hour, no more than two drinks on average per day (so 14 in a week) and no more than three drinks on any given day. Welcome, only you can tell if you have a problem, but heads up, when I was drinking one or two bottles a night, it was that bad and I did have a problem, I did it for too many years and I am glad I have stopped at long last. I drink 4 nights a week but rarely binge drink now so average night is 2-4 drinks. Every night on every weekend probably isn't good for long term health, but like one or two nights a month when you are young probably won't make a significant difference in your health when you are 80. This weekend I whittled it down to 2-3 beers a night and no hard alcohol. Let's just say I've been putting down 6-8 a night of high ABV beers for about 2 years. When I do partake I prefer 3-4 drinks at most then I just put it the fuck down. They all will get stored. These days I rarely drink more than 4 pints or equivalent but back in the day I could really put it away. Thank you for anyone answering this The human body is weird. Don’t stress about the future and if you must never drink again. A bottle of wine is like 5 drinks. Most nights i come home from work and sometime in the night I'll make a mixed drink with one shot of cheap vodka from Costco and maybe a little syrup from various stores, some juices or nectars maybe, and about a cup or two cups of carbonated water from my sodastream. For maybe 3 years (I'm 30 years old now). Ended up throwing up more than normal and passed out on the bathroom floor. Of course, if you have a CDL, the same rules I’m not addicted to alcohol, I don’t drink every day or even most days, and there are many times when I can drink a moderate amount (work events, family gatherings etc. This. I drink a lot, at least 2-3 drinks per night, and am working my best to cut down to just 1-2 myself. I find myself going for the wine every night and I can’t stop. also don't really get hangovers. In my late youth (26-32) I'd maybe have 8 drinks on a night out but this wasn't so frequent. You'll make two glasses something requisite for an evening to feel normal. Four drinks in one occasion is actually considered a binge for a woman, and is just under the five drink binge limit for a man, so definitely unhealthy. Definitions of binge and heavy drinking. Drinking a lot/frequently is normalised or laughed off in society and socialising sober is fucking hard, no two ways about it. Honestly would be more if it didn’t take so long for the skin to bounce back (32f). no one has died from liver failure yet either. Realistically you don't have to cut alcohol out completely if you can have a healthy relationship with it - like staying with 1-2 drinks a night, or trying to only drink socially. Now I drink once or twice a week. Those grandmams that lived that long because they really didn’t abuse alcohol. It was about numbing depression. The new guidelines are no more than 2 drinks per week after which risk of certain cancers increases significantly. I was functioning and frankly succeeding my professional and personal life at the time (my physical health was not More than 2 drinks per day we ask for 2 weeks but don’t cancel elective cases unless they’re intoxicated. I have friends who are going through couples counseling because of his actions when drunk. 5 lbs per week becomes a flat line). I know people who drink a beer an hour for like 8 hours on the weekends and they have a clean bill of health. I used to drink 2 or 3 beers 5~6 nights a week. solidarity!!!! :) also this would be day 2 for me, so 1 more and i can call it a streak!!! Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now I found that I could drink full strength beers all night and still be under 0. After 30 years of booze it only took a few weeks to start feeling 100% every day. Both totally normal and overall pretty healthy people, who among my circles didn’t drink all that much. I think most people drink a little more heavy on Friday-Sunday. The funny thing about "binge drinking" is that I don't drink for months on end but when I do I'll have 15+ standard drinks in a night. I think once in a while isn't a big deal. It was all discolored and gray, looked horrible. Sometimes the liquor takes you though if you know what The thing is everyone assumes it has to be wine, but really it’s just 1-2 servings of alcohol. 5-8 dinks a night is pretty excessive. How is 15 drinks as a once off more of a problem than drinking a glass of red wine (2 standard drinks) every night, which totals approximately 60 standard drinks per month? There are a little more than 24 oz in a 750 ml bottle - so that is 24 drinks in a single night; equivalent to two cases of beer. Sometimes 3 weeks off. They have both cut down significantly and make sure they don’t get too drunk at the end of the night by strictly following rules about pacing and drinking i know this thread is older and what i am saying may sound stupid but i am an 18 year old college freshman that just started having 2-3 day hangovers. This subreddit was created for women and girls to request tips and share discoveries to aid We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Kept waking up in the middle of the night to throw up and couldn’t walk to my bed. The last two weeks have sucked from 5 beers a night for a week to 2-3 a night. At 52 my bar closed and i have not been drunk since. I know people think that's B. I don't drink much now (maybe a little on the weekends) but I think it's a great habit to kick. Practically never go out. I have 2-3 drinks nearly every night without fail. So for much of my adulthood - 5 drinks a night seemed moderate. I'm not going to say drinking one or two bottles a night is bad for you specifically, but one thing you could try is to challenge yourself to be sober for a while and see what effect it has. Considering that line is so close, I would say yes. You couldnt be more wrong. I get two beers. I was drinking a 750ml bottle of 80proof a night. 7 days a week. ill shoot for no drinks today too. If I drink outside of that, it’s generally a beer and that’s it. If you think your drinking is a problem then this is the place to be. I enjoy alcohol a lot and try to keep it social. 5 hours per For women, anything more than 10 drinks per week or more than 2 drinks in a sitting (up to 3 on a special occasion) is considered *risky* drinking. You're forming a habit. this number has gone down a lot due to the fact that all of a sudden i just Personally I feel that on reddit in different subreddits you’re going to get completely biased answers depending on what the subject is. Though to be fair the mid-week nights is maybe 1-2 drinks. If you're a man the guide line is 2 drinks a day and if your a woman it's one drink a day for health benefits. 2-3 was never enough. but I get scuppered socially 1. When I’m being responsible, I feel like I drink 2-3 nights a week. From what I can tell, there are some possible effects on dopamine of very modest drinking like this, and there’s some evidence to suggest that daily drinking in moderation does increase chance of premature death, but most likely, one drink per night is not going to shave years off your life. Ha, I can fully support this comment. Like, I grew up in a small northern town where a good portion of the population drank 12 beer or a good portion of a 26er a night. Or check it out in the app stores   I probably had 2-3 glass a night, every night, and maybe more on weekends. 10-15 drinks for a whole night is reasonable. So that is what I perceive to be normal, responsible drinking. But as soon as my last shift is done and I am on vacation, I start drinking pretty hard for nearly the entire time off, then taper off to get back to work. I too work in a hospital. 5+ per day. I quit drinking a week ago. While I'd experience hangovers when I got slaughtered they were about the same level as I experienced this morning and were somewhat justified. I of course said no because I truly believed most people I knew were doing the same thing every weekend I’ve been struggling with my drinking, especially recently due to personal issues. Having an addiction means being unable to stop drinking due to a physiological or psychological dependence on a substance. My boyfriend drinks about 1-2 beers a night after work and the weekend is pretty much a free for all. My mom is probably 2. Or check it out in the app stores   Going back and forth between heavy drinking, and not drinking for long spans of time do not. That really seems like the only way to tell if drinking is 'bad' About 2-4 nights per week, I will have 1-3 drinks, counting a drink as either a beer or a small glass of wine. There’s a fine line between 1-2 and 3-4 where you will start to actually get physical withdrawals. If you like wine that much dial things back and use a spittoon its 100% no My dad is 75 and he drinks at least 3 standard drinks a day, and has for all of my life. but I was having 2-3 drinks a night. It's wasn't about fun or socializing. 2-3 drinks was plenty to be part of the “fun crowd”. 1-2 drinks per day for me makes me about 20-30% worse overall at thinking, exercise, productivity, etc. the center for disease control says moderate drinking is 2 standard drinks per day maximum for an average man. Yeah when I was in my early 20s I would drink a few beers a night. Even when he drinks a lot on the weekend, you can tell he’s drunk but he’s standing up right and functions fairly normally. So I'm done for now. Reply reply Have wife and two kids. 05 if I didn’t smash the first three and definitely didn’t have anything else (wine or spirits). Physically no. I would drink straight from the bottle most of the day, a swig or a shot every hour. That’s 28 drinks a week. The withdrawal period for me was extreme night sweats, like soaking the bed night sweats and having to change the sheets and my pjs. Or check it out in the app stores then I needed a pickup around 2:00 so I’d drink 1/2 of another, now I’m just drinking the whole thing at 2:00 They replace good nutrition and energy through food and a good night's rest with energy drinks. I realized I can't just have 2-3, and the weight gain has been an eye opener. However, my “nights out” are few and far in between as I’m extremely busy, so I probably won’t be able to handle this soon. My drinking isn’t affecting my work or personal life. Eventually one night I had a really bad night. That is like exercise level heart rate and you might want to see a doctor about high blood pressure Can you receive serious alcohol withdrawal , if you drink 🍺 a single standard 12fl ounce alcohol content 4. Its really good that you're worried about some of the health impacts. 05 which is what Only you know the truth about your relationship with booze. One person with cirrhosis almost never drinks, like 2-3 drinks a year. Dependency isn't entirely about amount. Drank wayyyyyy too much too fast. I can be a heavy drinker and usually okay mixing all three in a night out so sometimes in the upwards of 9. 5 standard drinks. im in the same boat as you, drinking way more than i should, 5-6 nights a week. Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. ) but then Did anyone on here cut down from 1-2 bottles of wine a night, to maybe some wine during the weekend? Did you do so without going to rehab or taking benzos? Were you able to get it In this guide, we’ll explore 15 short and long-term signs that you’re drinking too much, including symptoms that don’t necessarily involve a hangover. For most people, one or two scary nights is enough to make them reconsider their drinking habits. The problem isn’t 1-2, it’s that 1-2 leads to 3-4. I also go through dry spells where I won’t drink for a whole month for whatever reason. I used to drink about the same amount. 10 minutes a pint of ale I’d say drinking a whole bottle over the course of a day is maybe reasonably but 24 shots in 3 hours is just too much. On reddit everyone's like "if it's a once per year party I may have 2 glasses and then suffer horrible hangover for a week". It may sound far-fetched, but drinking beer may just stave off heart disease. Short answer is yes, you are definitely limiting the gains you should be making. but let's think about it. Covid really fucked with my anxiety. 2-4 drinks a night, with 5-7 every couple of weeks. Especially for a small guy. Now I'll drink 1 beer most nights in the house (sometimes 2, sometimes none). BAC declines in a non-linear fashion so it takes longer to get to 0. It's just psychologically challenging. 5 beers in an evening. The best way to approach a night of drinking, is to drink distilled drinks like vodka without sugars, try to eat low fat, low carb, high protein that day. Two beers aren’t bad, but critically think about why you’re drinking two drinks every night before bed: is it a coping mechanism (you want to feel good or not feel what you’re feeling), or are you trying to help yourself get to sleep?. I didn’t have cravings, withdraws, or depression. I think skipping a few days helps you from building up a tolerance. I never ever drink during the weeks I work. 5 times a week and then fucked up solo another 2-3. I noticed on nights I had a few drinks my resting heart rate during sleep was about 20-30 percent higher. Now when I drink by myself I But Weekends I was morning drinker. Last couple of years I was drinking way too much, probably around 4 drinks on an average night and often more. If you go beyond that you lose the health benefits. Almost destroyed my life. if youre drinking 3-5 drinks a day you are very likely physically dependent, and when not drinking suffering minor withdrawal symptoms you may not even be aware of, like REM rebound and anxiety. I now find myself checking the alcohol percentage on pale ales to ensure I don't accidentally order a I’d drink one or two glasses of a nice whiskey and then drink everclear until I as wasted. It got worse and worse, drinking more and more, and finding it harder I limit myself to 3 drinks. The reason they list wine is they found the type of people who drink wine are more likely to live a healthy lifestyle outside of drinking and actually keep it at two servings. There aren't really supposed to be bacteria in the stomach, and very few in the small bowel. They didn’t drink to get drunk. So if you drink 2, you're actually drinking 3. Sure, you can compare fruit but they are so different there isn't much to compare. Have a fun conversation about anything that is on your mind. The type of people who take shots tend to be partiers or problems drinkers. I don’t know if asking this question in the whiskey subreddit is the best place to accept opinions from. 2% every single day, or is that only for people who drink harder alcoholic drinks or drink 3-4+ beers a day ( i come from a muslim background, so I’m slightly naive concerning this . I never have more than 2 drinks in a night and only on afternoons I don’t work the next day. 40ml is one drink. Could be anywhere in the range of 10-20. I couldn't take a night off. Though if work is rough, I’m stressed, or celebrating holidays it is often closer to 5-6 nights. I'm of the opinion that if body building is your goal but not your entire life then you should still have fun once and while. Another after 8 years or moderate (started out), to significant (at the end), drinking, ended up in the ouch wagon headed to the hospital after nearly killing his pancreas. Drinking 5-6 drinks per night everynight has a MUCH more likely chance to do that. Mixed drinks, I usually do 4-5 doubles, and straight up (usually whiskey) 2-3 drinks. Out of the people close to me with liver and alcoholism. 00 from 0. 2 drinks or more per 10lbs starts to be a problem thats 20-32 drinks for most people. The friendlier part of Reddit. Probably drink 2-3 beers 4 nights a week on average and that already puts me over the recommended limit 0-2/night week nights, 5-8 drinks on a Saturday. How Much Is Too Much? According to the CDC, moderate drinking is defined For instance, drinking just one 12oz 8% ABV beers a night is actually more like drinking 1. In reality most people do drink regularly, get drunk I have been all over the place. On those days, I drink from maybe 3-6 pm so I’m Look at it like a spectrum, 1 being you drink socially sometimes and 10 being you drinking a half gal everyday. Late 20s got to where I was drinking 8-12 beers a night. I used to drink at least 2 cocktails a night, and more if it was a social gathering. The difference was in the relationship. 1. I have an older relative in the early stages of dementia, and the number one thing his neurologists keep telling us is to get him to stop drinking. 2 weekends ago I was binge drinking 80 proof from the moment I opened my eyes until I passed out that night. Each lasts 3 nights, and I always have at least one sober night. I drink at a minimum 18 beers starting 10 minutes after I wake up. Friday through Sunday nights. I just read a huge study in the lancet that showed that 2 drinks a day (per standard definitions) is about equal in health outcomes to the NDE (non-Drinker Equivalent). So they might cut down during the other days. No statistically significant effects on sleep parameters were observable during the 2 nights of withdrawal from alcohol at the higher BAL. I’ve been drinking the boxed wine but more recently switched to bottles so I can keep track of how much I’m actually drinking. I dont drink as often as i used to in high school but i definitely still do drink pretty heavily about once a month. Ask a question or start a conversation about (almost) anything you desire. It used to be no more than 10 drinks (women) and 15 drinks (men) per week and I think no more than 2 or 3 per day. My problem, “problem,” is that I don’t care too much about the feeling booze gives you but damn it’s delicious. If you drink 3, you're According to science, this is everything that happens to your body when you drink one beer — or one too many — every night. S. Most night out now drink just makes me sleepy and 1am is a huge night, it's used to give me energy and 3am was an early one. When I was in college and started taking training seriously I found moderating my drinking helped a lot. and you are already at work not drinking for most of the day! if you have a drink tomorrow, well deal with that then, just focus on today. They might start with maybe 1 Waitress comes to your table, takes an order that has 2+ drinks per person, or hovers, glares, says ‘two drink minimum’ if you decline, bouncer cones and politely explains you’ll need to order or go. I would never really go party but I would drink every night. I don’t drink as much as he does, throughout the week mainly when I’m with him I’ll have a glass or two of Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now. Having two light beers most nights would put you at like a 4 Now comparing to smoking is like apples and oranges. so I just stopped. The official Team3DAlpha Reddit. It’s the ones I’m not drinking right now, due to pregnancy, but when I am I usually drink the equivalent of 1-1. No more. I like a beer or two while I'm cooking. Personally I drink bud light. But I got wasted once a year and wasn’t ruining my job, relationships, etc. Cheap, easy, no ice to melt, and no ripoffs from stingy pours. 2 weeks on and 2weeks off. Ps. Now a days, I'll have an occasional 1/2 drinks on the weekend and go out for drinks like last night about once a month. So, drinking 2-3 may not mean he is an alcoholic and is very close to an acceptable level of alcohol intake. He's been 2-3 glasses a night his entire adult life. Internet Culture (Viral) Amazing; Animals & Pets I'll have one drink a night maybe 2-3 nights per week unless I'm out with friends and have an average of two beers at a brewery over the course of 2-3 hours. During my 40s I cut back to just every Friday and on special events like playoff games and holiday parties. You can actually google the Canadian safe drinking guidelines and show it to her. I perform well at my job, workout religiously, read a lot, travel extensively, stay abreast of cultural and political events, study foreign languages, invest a significant portion of my income, and help out my family. When I was about 25 my wife asked me if I thought I had a drinking problem while we were sitting at home and I was drinking a 6 pack by myself on a Friday night. My partner and I both enjoy drinking good beer and trying new things, so we usually split 2-3 beers a night. Alcohol does have negative health concerns, so drink in moderation and be sure to eat well and get exercise and you'll be fine. Alcohol has priority over other substrates because it is a toxin. Discuss all things related to wow, i am surprised that 2-3 is considered to be a lot by most of the people on here. I quit at 52. Before I was an actual alcoholic, I'd still binge drink on weekends. Even just limiting binge-drinking to once or twice a week will be much healthier than every night. work a physical job; eat well. Trying to quit atm. I realized it was a stupid choice for me. Looking back I wish I would have given up drinking by 25. That way we get to try things and have multiple styles in a night without drinking that many whole beers. I started drinking 1-2 glasses of wine every night before bed, and noticed over a period, that many of those symptoms began to disappear. I cut way back at the end of last year and now I’m only drinking one or two nights a week, if I drink at all, and I I see some people I know drink heavily, it’s awful in excess for peoples physical and mental health but especially mental health. . 30 pints was a normal Friday or Saturday night and I had numerous times bar staff told me they genuinely reckoned I had drunk 50 pints in a night and that was just the pub, if I went clubbing it was easier to have that amount. It wasn't that I needed to drink or wanted to get blasted but I felt so empty without a drink at night. vdfoozc ikgc kdnuzg xmqsxg qhubs oepbopbh dpjcp sdmxa zvvoz tfrsbv udv pxu mmjs gtjyx lej