How do you define binge drinking?

[Lonyo]

I was reading wikipedia, and it said in the US many people use the "5/4" definition.

According to the 5/4 definition, a binge drinker is a man who consumes five or more alcoholic drinks on an occasion of unspecified duration and is a woman who consumes four or more drinks on an occasion of unspecified length.

But that really doesn't sound like binge drinking to me.
I always associated binge drinking with consuming an excessive amount of alcohol pretty much constantly for the duration of an evening (like constantly drinking for 6 hours).

 

[mattocs]

I drink a case of beer per weekend, and I don't think that is binge drinking or exessive at all.

 

[rgwalt]

It depends on what an occasion is... Try this out:

Go to dinner at 6, have 2 glasses of wine (splitting a bottle for two)
Go to friends place before going out for the night, 8pm to 10pm, 1 drink per hour
Bar it up from 10 to 2, 1 drink per hour

You have just had 8 drinks over the course of 8 hours, which by the popular definition is binge drinking. However, 1 drink per hour is considered by most to be a good pace. I would be tipsy at the end of the evening, but I wouldn't blow over a 0.08. If you divide the evening into three seperate occasions, you wouldn't be binge drinking, but I consider it one occasion.

I think the definition needs a time specification.

R

 

[meltdown75]

Hmm. I always thought it was getting hammered for a few nights straight. I guess it has more to do with how much you drink in one sitting.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Binge drinking is sitting and chugging a bottle of liquor. 🙂

 

[HardcoreRobot]

if i get drunk, ive been binge drinking

 

[BobDaMenkey]

I define it as a damn long night of drinking, and being completely drunk off your arse at the end of it. If you can still walk without issues you haven't been binge drinking.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

i try and keep it at 2 beers per night, but if I dont drink during the week thats 14 beers per saturday. Is that binge drinking?

 

[manlymatt83]

This reminds me of the day trading laws.

 

[Goosemaster]

if you don't remember what you drank or where you drank it, you are problably a redneck..errr a a binge drinker.