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Re:America has a drinking problem by ip26 on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @05:15PM (#27361417)
It’s easy to understand when you realize that certain types of alcoholics can’t bear to be sober. That is to say, they are drinking around the clock. An all-day buzz would take ~16 drinks a day to maintain.

One of the “tells” of this class of alcoholic is drinks stashed all over the place to facilitate this round the clock buzz.

Re:America has a drinking problem by akiselev on Tuesday June 01, 2021 @05:29PM (#27361595)
Even those are at the extreme end of the extreme. It doesn't take long to develop a tolerance that allows one to function the next morning with 10-15 drinks/night, which is two to three wine bottles. I've seen several people fall into that trap out of desperation due to insomnia, since the never-ending hangover can be preferable to chronic extreme sleep deprivation. That's easily 3500+ drinks a year and all it takes is one of those per 9 teetotalers to get 1 drink/day average.