Re:The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous (2015)
by DanBC on Sunday August 20, 2017 @10:39AM
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20 drinks at one sitting is a lot, and it's firmly in the problem and harmful drinking end of risky alcohol use.
People with alcoholism can drink a lot more than that.
A UK unit of alcohol is 10 ml of pure alcohol. You'd consider inpatient residential rehab for someone drinking 30 units per day. There are roughly 40 units in a litre of spirits in the UK.
https://pathways.nice.org.uk/pathways/alcohol-use-disorders/...
Re:The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous (2015)
by 0xcde4c3db on Sunday August 20, 2017 @12:04PM
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And just to be clear, it's rare that what people call "a drink" is only one unit. What someone casually counts as "20 drinks" could easily be 50+ units.
Re:The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous (2015)
by psyc on Sunday August 20, 2017 @10:42AM
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20 drinks is excessive by any standard I ever heard of.
Re:The Irrationality of Alcoholics Anonymous (2015)
by aaron695 on Sunday August 20, 2017 @11:06AM
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There a difference between healthy living or occasional dangerous behaviour compared to an addiction that needs individual medical intervention.
I find it a strange case for a male person with an addiction problem (which is what we are talking, AA style intervention) thinking 'sometimes as many as' 20 drinks to be a statement of supprise.
> Hmmmm that's not a lot when your talking problem drinking as an addiction.
Twenty drinks at a time is not a lot? Don't most people draw the line way before that? In the Netherlands drinking more than three drinks a day is considered problematic drinking (for men); I wager that this won't differ that much around the globe.