You’re all hosers down there, eh?
Binge drinkers are more likely to have a beer can in hand than a shot glass, new research shows. Unless you’re talking about teens. They prefer the hard stuff.
The study of adult binge drinkers found that nearly 75 percent mainly or exclusively drank beer, 17 percent focused on liquor, and 9 percent were wine drinkers. A binge drinker was defined as someone who had five or more alcoholic drinks on at least one occasion in the last 30 days.
“It boils down to drinking to get drunk.”
In a separate study…liquor was the most commonly consumed alcoholic beverage among teens who reported binge drinking. In Arkansas, liquor accounted for 49 percent of binge drinks, with beer, malt beverages, wine and wine coolers making up the rest. The hard stuff also was clearly ahead in Wyoming and New Mexico. In Nebraska, liquor and beer consumption were virtually tied.
Either flavor is liable to get in a car and do something stupid, Both sets of idiots are a danger to everyone else.
Makes sence,
A few of my friends go very hard, very often.
I prefer getting moderately tipsy.
Those darn MTV kids and their impatience.
I think most chronic alcoholics I’ve known do prefer beer. There are some that will drink anything though. Sorry, I don’t know any young drunks.
You know you are a “grown-up” when the hang overs are no longer worth it. Now days I mostly drink Guinness or red wine (Pinot Nior ) in moderation.
I think if a study was done on the subject that you would find that what this study calls binge drinking is the result of kids that never saw alcohol used in moderation. Hence the only way they know how to drink is to do it to get drunk.
Funny the report mentions Arkansas. Very Baptist and very anti alcohol. There are a lot of dry counties including every county with a state university. (One exception Pulaski County where the state capitol and University of Arkasnas Little Rock is located).
I live here and grew up here. There were 3 types of people those that don’t drink at all, those that only drink to get sh!t faced and those of us capable of having a drink before or after dinner and a glass of wine with dinner.
If you tell me what church in town you grew up attending and truthfully if you drink or not I can tell 99.9% of the time which group you fall into.
“Binge” drinking is defined as getting drunk ONCE A MONTH now? It’s hard to take stuff like this seriously. Of course people drink to get drunk. I’ve never been able to figure out any other reason why anyone would want to ingest poison that has no nutritional value and tastes horrible.
I only have one thing to say:
coo-roo-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo!
And if you don’t know what that means you can take off eh!
I’m with Improbus, a Guinness on tap or maybe a Black and Tan works for me. And this video is exactly why I don’t drink Molson —
From SCTV, Bob And Doug McKenzie, The Great White North:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H5hKZznc14
#8, Spooof, I’m not taking off today. See previous post. Darnit I hit the “Say It!” button too quickly again!
coo-roo-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo!
“A binge drinker was defined as someone who had five or more alcoholic drinks on at least one occasion in the last 30 days.”
That seems to be quite opposite of the more traditional definition, which is drinking massive quantities in a short period of time, i.e. 6-10 drinks in an hour, in order to get hammered.
By that definition, I would be a regular binge drinker. Except for me 4-6 beers over four to five hours is a regular saturday night routine since I was in Germany that gets a good buzz going, but not much more.
And what kind of lightweight gets drunk from just five drinks (using the base equivalences, so a Long Island Iced Tea would count as five) unless they do five shots off the table at once? This entire study seems a bit fishy if that’s the definition they used.
#11 – 5 drinks in a day is the definitions these idiots use. There are others who say that if you ever actually looked forward to having a drink you’re an alcoholic.
I think the bar should be a little higher. Remember, beer is proof there is a God.
I look at these studies and all I can really do is laugh. There are so many definitions of what it is to be an alcoholic, binge drinker, or alcohol abuser that its a joke nowadays. And in reality why was this study conducted? To tell us what we already know? The article states that the study “contradicts a Hollywood stereotype of hard drinkers clutching a bottle instead of a six-pack.” Really??? Well, I’ve always been under the impression that all Hollywood movies depict the real world. Who knew.