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Is three beers at night unhealthy? I've been doing 3 a night most nights for the past year and figured I should probably look into it.

How much do you drink at night?

>> No.5476241

I drink two 40's a night of St.Ides because I'm broke, when I have money to spend I go straight for the liquor and how much I drink depends, sometimes a fifth a night if i got for the cheap shit and don't feel like sleeping.

>> No.5476243

No. Also, fuck scranton, fuck wilkes, fuck pitston, fuck all yall niggas.

I drink more than you believe and still work in the morning. I cut back to weekends and thursdays after puking up all that blood. about a third of those 20$ plastic bottles of whiskey.

>> No.5476244

>>5476241
are you the guy in OP's pic?

>> No.5476245

Seems ok.
Sometimes I'll drink a 375ml+ of whiskey for four nights straight, take a day off, then do a few more.

>> No.5476287

>>5476232
That's perfectly reasonable, as long as you're otherwise healthy, eating, sleeping and exercising well.

I drink something like a quarter to a half of a fifth of whiskey nearly every night. Usually it's over the course of five hours or so, but still.

>> No.5476301

>>5476245
And you seriously don't think you're an alcoholic?

>> No.5476336

>>5476232
Alcohol here.

I think it's healthy if its normal sized bottles that aren't extreme abv. I drink a whole lot at night but I'm in the process of tapering off it and doing a detox. Somebody told me I reeked of booze at high noon and I hadn't had a drink since midnight, it sort of snapped me out of my bender and made me not want to drink anymore.

Today I had a bourbon shot after work, a bomber of Imperial stout a couple hours ago, and will take another nightcap shot in a little while before bed.

>> No.5476343

>>5476301
Hey now, alcoholics go to meetings, he's probably just a drunk.

>> No.5476376

>>5476232

Three beers a night, every night? Yes, that's excessive. The people in this thread telling you it's no big deal are your fellow alcoholics trying to make their own habits seem reasonable.

Coming to a place like this for advice on drinking is like going to a fat positive tumblr to ask, "Hey guys, I eat 3 cups of ice cream a night, do you think that's too much?"

>> No.5476379

>>5476232
i usually drink a six-pack a night

it's probably too much but fuck it

>> No.5476382
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5476382

Do what though wilt

>> No.5476410

8 shots of cheap whiskey a night here.

Also, it depends. If I said you can't drink tonight what would you do? If local stores were out of beer what would you do? Many people are quick to call people alcoholics while only looking at the amount drank, without other factors. It's led to this self-guilt bullshit when drinking.

If it doesn't interfere with your work/home life and you're not dependent on it then who gives a fuck? Unless you're some kind of colored person. Their physiology isn't as well equipped to handle it as whites. Literally.

>> No.5476412

>>5476382

>though

And then there's this faggot.

>> No.5476419

bottle of wine a night (usually shiraz 14%).

>> No.5476422

>>5476376

Beer metabolizes differently. Most people who gain weight via alcohol do so because they are eating while drinking. Comparing beer to icecream is a ludicrous analogy.

Three a night is not bad. But its not just three a night.

It is:

3 - 3 - 3 - 3 - 15 - 15 - 0
M T W Th F Sa Su

Pretty much everyone who has at least a beer a night gets smashed on weekends.

If it fits your lifestyle and no negative immediate side effects then you are fine. Is it good long term? Fuck no, and you will see negative consequences by the time you are 30.

But then again, if you are still drinking that much at age 25, you should probably reevaluate your life choices

>> No.5476433
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5476433

I used to be a heavy drinker. I drink off and on these days, around maybe once or twice a week. I drank enough to be considered an alcoholic and my genes make me more predisposed to alcoholism.

But yes, anything more than a few drinks a week constitutes alcohol abuse. Anyone who binge drinks regularly is either a in college or an alcoholic. Take your pick, don't let it destroy your life.

For me it was don't mix 150 mg doses of sertraline with alcohol which got me to quit. That and the threats of involuntary institutionalization in a mental health facility.

>> No.5476437

>>5476376

>alcoholics

3 beers isn't enough to get a 15-year-old girl buzzed you fucking pussy. Unhealthy sure, but alcoholism actually involves drinking until you're drunk.

>> No.5476438

>>5476410
I used to get anxious at even thinking about going a day without getting drunk because I thought I was physically addicted. Cutting down quickly and significantly recently hasn't been near as bad as I anticipated though, the worst part has been avoiding my apartment where the booze and internet is and finding things to do outside after work. Sweating all night sucks too but not so bad. I had shaking hands and jitters at first but I figured out if I eat breakfast and don't go for a very long time without food they go away.

Last time I got off it I failed because insomnia made me a non functioning wreck. This time I have melatonin and it works.

>> No.5476471

>>5476437
it gets your mom drunk

>> No.5476484

>>5476437

>alcoholism actually involves drinking until you're drunk.

It's funny you should say that because no it doesn't and your response is exactly the sort one would expect to get from an alcoholic.

See
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAGE_questionnaire

On the basis of nothing but OP's post you could hit him for a likely "yes" on #1 and #3.

>> No.5476505

>>5476379
Me too, on average.
32 don't give a fuck, sometimes a bomber and a couple beers, sometimes get fully torched.

>> No.5476531

I've been doing more or less a 12 pack a night.

3 is actually what the doctor recommends for an active male, provided you make the macros work within your diet as well as getting your vittys and minerales

>> No.5476537

>>5476531
I'd like to know what doctor you've been seeing.

>> No.5476543

>>5476537
>nihs
>niaa
>nhs uk

The general consensus is 3. That being said, you have to measure your alcohol content accordingly. Three 40oz OEs is not the recommended dose.

>> No.5476548

>>5476484
thats a bullshit test though, i have at times felt the need to cut back on my drinking, and ive also felt guilty about doing so. However i drink maybe once a week at most and have for years now. Doesnt mean i havent felt a need to cut back when i wake up with a serious hangover or felt guilty because i went drinking instead of being with my wife. Three beers a night is fine op, millions of people drink much more than that per night.

>> No.5476549

I drink 1/2 liter of straight vodka a night, sometimes more. I'd rather be 'happy' for my brief life than miserable forever.

>> No.5476556

>>5476549
But your brief life will never be truly happy or fulfilled.

>> No.5476571

>>5476556
Clearly vodka makes him feel happy and fulfilled.

>> No.5476578

>>5476571
no, it makes him 'happy' and unfulfilled

that is, unless there's a whole 2 minutes between waking up and hitting the bottle, then he's just plain happy

>> No.5476581

>>5476556
Not the anon you quoted, but whiskey and whisky make me feel happy and fulfilled.

>> No.5476597

>>5476581
You must be an awfully simple person then

>> No.5476601

Depends how high your standards are for "healthy". The people who have responded probably consider themselves healthy as long as they're liver and kidneys are still working. If that's you, then by all means keep it up.

I used to drink that much every night and my skin got seriously shitty and I used to take unpleasant shits every morning. Was I doing serious harm to my body? Probably not, but I still wouldn't consider that healthy.

>> No.5476606

>>5476601
their*

>> No.5476665

>>5476548

>thats a bullshit test though

>The CAGE questionnaire has been extensively validated for use in identifying alcoholism.[3] CAGE is considered a validated screening technique, with one study determining that CAGE test scores >=2 had a specificity of 76% and a sensitivity of 93% for the identification of excessive drinking and a specificity of 77% and a sensitivity of 91% for the identification of alcoholism.[4]

The first step to fixing your problem is admitting that you have a problem.

>> No.5476701

>>5476232
You should take off two weeks of drinking, give you liver and kidneys a break. If you've been doing it too long you will notice your shits becoming looser and runnier, from your liver not functioning the way its meant to but instead focusing on the expected alcohol intake everyday.

If you haven't reached that point yet, two weeks should be enough time off, your liver is reasonable resilient especially if you are young.

If you have reached that point, loose stools everyday , heartburn, stomach aches ect... you'll need to take 4 months off to allow your GI path to heal up.

>> No.5476702

It's a lot of calories.

>> No.5476716

>>5476232
I want you to think about this.

European society didn't have large scale clean water until the modern era. It was considered normal to drink nothing, but alcohol.

Is what you're doing healthy? Probably not. You're drinking 400 calories or so. A small meal, really.

Is it unhealthy? Bitch, please. Being stressed as fuck is probably more unhealthy than drinking 3 beers.

>> No.5476727

>>5476716
>doesn't know beer back then was as weak as fucking o'douls
>lel

>> No.5476728

>>5476716
>living your life according to middle ages peasant standards

>> No.5476739

>>5476727
They also drank a lot more of it.

>>5476728
>Get asked if it is healthy to drink small amounts of alcohol
>Say not really, but it is not a death sentence either
Middle age peasants had the right idea.

>> No.5476757
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5476757

alcohol is the smart man's drug, once you realize that everything is pure shit and that this world has no potential for anything aside from doom, nothing is more satisfying than the numbing sensation of a strong dring

>> No.5476791

>>5476757
babby's first existential crisis

>> No.5476837

>>5476543

It's 3 units, not three drinks. A unit is about half a can of moderate strength beer.

Not that I pay the guidelines any attention, mind. I tend to put away half a bottle of wine most nights, but I'm in pretty good shape compared to you lot.

>> No.5476851

>>5476791
Who needs a second?

>> No.5476854

>>5476851
Post-Primary existential crises are a different animal entirely.

>> No.5476908

>>5476422
It does metabolize differently, it still contains a load of calories though (like 7kcal/g).
A fifth has about 1500 calories in it, that's the same as eating 1500 calories of anything else...
>>5476556
As opposed to sobriety which is *so* much happier. Fuck that noise.

>> No.5476917

Anyone else not get hangovers?
Wake up feeling fine, only problem i always wake up ridiculously early like today, got in at 1am drunk after like 8 cans, woke up at 5am
Also tend to black/brown out a fair bit

>> No.5476924

>>5476908
AFAIK the way they calculate calories is basically by burning it and seeing how much energy it gives off, not by how much energy it directly gives a human body. So a cup of pure alcohol and a cup of sugar might both burn the same amount of calories, but the body handles the two in different ways so with regards to having usable energy, making fat, etc, it's not the same. Of course beer has a bunch of sugars too, but the 'calories' on the label would include both the alcohol and the sugars.

At least that's what I gathered from half-assed googling the subject a couple months ago, if that's BS let me know what's what.

>> No.5476942

>>5476232
>you will never be a qt black male with dreadlocks

>> No.5476969

>>5476942
He's a murderous thieving nigger. What's wrong with you!?

>> No.5477079

>>5476942
>qt

No.

>> No.5477484

>>5477079
He's, like, a 7, no doubt. If his hair was neck length he'd be an 8.5.

>>5476924
They also analyze the energy in your poop and compare that to how much energy in what you ate/drank.
>>5476917
I used to never get hangovers (age, like, 14-18), since then I've started getting them (but I do drink heavily anyway). I'd say it's because you're young dude...

>> No.5477577

>>5476969
Murder is manly.

>> No.5477580

>>5476232
Milli Vanilli's son killed a cabbie ?

>> No.5477587

>>5477580
Dat's one of Obama's sons, yo

>> No.5477596

>>5476232

I drink buckets. Literally.

I honestly drink like, a 12 pack a day. Sometimes I go out and drink more after, too.

I drink shittons of alcohol. Sometimes it's unbelievable. You can ask around, it's incredible how much I drink. I don't know anyone else who drinks as much as I do, and I don't think I've even ever seen it.

But alcohol suits me well. It's insanely expensive, which is the main problem I have with it, and sometimes the lifestyle that accompanies it makes it difficult to get things done right, but it's still not the real cause why I can't do shit all, anyway.

But yeah, I've to try to drink less. It's just really expensive. I have a very expensive lifestyle right now, life off the internet is very expensive.

>> No.5477604

I drink till I fall asleep, then start again when I wake up.

>> No.5477654

Of course alcohol isn't unhealthy, OP. If you google "why alcohol is healthy" and skip over the websites until you see one that says alcohol is healthy, you can read all about how good it is to drink beer regularly. Just don't look at those other websites, those are all lies by the government

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>>5477596
>You can ask around

>> No.5477670

ITT: "I'm relatively fine in the short term the way I drink, so it must be okay"

>> No.5477677

>>5477670
AA plz, go

>> No.5477973

>>5476917
I don't get hangovers and wake up at sunrise every day feeling good. They say the older you get the worse they are but it's opposite w me, I used to get hangovers and headaches so bad I'd skip class/work and spend all day groaning in my pajamas. Didn't even drink that much back then, comparatively.