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However, I think there's another area where this group is different. 25% of those in the US admitted to binge drinking in the past month. That's 5 or more drinks on one occasion or otherwise defined as getting intoxicated or drunk. 7% admitted to binge drinking 5 or more days during the past month. I suspect that the group here is more mature in their drinking habits than that.
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OMG! Call AA, I went binge drinking TWICE last weekend!!
Rah, Roh Scobby but I did not get buzzed much less drunk....
How is that possible?
Well, I was drinking while I was smoking some Salmon, wait a minute, that does not sound legal.... Let me rephrase, "Well, I was drinking while Salmon filets were smoking on the BBQ." Whew, that sounds better.
I had a beer while smoking, err, a, BBQing, then I had a beer while eating the smoked Salmon and Asparagus. Later that night I had another couple of beers. I might have had 4-5 beers but I drank them over a 4-5 hour period. An average sized man will "process" about an ounce of alcohol in an hour, and since I was drinking about an ounce an hour, I did not get buzzed much less drunk. At my weight, I have to drink 5-6 beers in ONE hour to be .08, ie legally drunk.
The definition of binge drinking is BS since it does not take into account how much TIME was taken to drink. Not attacking BandB but the Binge Drinking definition is bogus. Unless we went to consider the *** CALORIE *** aspect of Binge Drinking.
Where many people get into trouble with drinking is because of TIME. They go to a BBQ at the neighbors, be it a boat or house, and start drinking say two beers an hour. After the first hour, they have consumed one beer but their body has removed one beer. After hour two, they have drunk four beers, the body has cleared out two, but two are still in the body. At the end of hour three, another beer has been processed but now three beers are still in the body. Depending on a person's weight, they could be over .08 after three hours, especially a woman because women on average weigh less than men AND women process alcohol slower than men. Most women going into the fourth hour of drinking two beers an hour is going to be over .08 as would some men.
On the other hand, a man or women at the same party, drinking only ONE beer an hour would be ok. At least from an alcohol perspective. Calories are a different matter.
A long party is how many people get into trouble drinking. They might think they are being responsible just drinking a couple of drinks an hour but over TIME, they get into trouble. It gets worse if they are drinking the hard stuff where people are not measuring an ounce, or drinking wine or high gravity beer.
Not many people go grab a six pack and drink it in one hour. THAT is binge drinking.
Later,
Dan
I can understand why it's so popular. 
