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Binge Drinking

If you are a girl and you go out and drink more than 3 pints this qualifies as Binge Drinking. I think this title is not just inaccurate but fails to serve it's purpose.

1. Do any girls here regularly 'binge drink' to this definition?
2. Does anybody else find it quite insulting to be labelled like this?
3. Does it give you any incentive whatsoever to reduce your drinking?

I guess this thread will bubble down to how much people drink, why they drink and whether it's unhealthy.....but I'm really interested to know peoples reactions on drinking. :biggrin:

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Reply 1
Erm well....i used to go out and drink about 3 litres of cider so i guess so. I wouldn't stop if someone said i was a binge drinker though.
I drink lots each weekend and I don't give a toss if people label me as a binge drinker.I like it.It's fun.They can sod off.
Reply 3
when i go out (usually once per week) i drink even more than this...but czech people are famous for drinking :smile:
btw sometimes i can drink three pints and not become even tipsy :smile:
:eek: that's not fair!! i'd say binging was completely relative to the individual, and exceeding what they are used to, and see as normal! I'd say i do binge drink sometimes, but i'd never think "oh, i've just drank 3 pints, i've been binging" :confused:
Reply 5
I used to binge drink until I got so ill I threw up outside a club and lay on a beach for about two hours in the freezing cold and lost my sister and friends who were really worried bout me :redface: It was a pretty awful night so I try and watch what I drink. I really hate feeling ill and throwing up from drink. Like tonight for example, when I go clubbing i'll have one vodka at my house, two at the pub and one more in the club :biggrin:
Reply 6
need_money
Erm well....i used to go out and drink about 3 litres of cider so i guess so. I wouldn't stop if someone said i was a binge drinker though.


cider eh? why does that not surprise me...
need_money
Erm well....i used to go out and drink about 3 litres of cider so

Chav alert! :eek: Chav alert! :eek: Chav alert! :eek:
drink and die :smile:
I don't drink pints, but have at least 8 shots a night, depending on the time we start, then random drinks all the way through the night. So i guess i "binge" drink. I think this is a totally wrong label, as 3 pints isn't much at all. =|
Reply 10
If 3 pints is classed as binge drinking then i am definitely one. I admit that I have been known to drink a little over my limit to say the least :p: but I think that going out for a social drink with friends is a great thing to do and if i end up drinking more than 3 pints then so be it. I'm enjoying myself and I don't really like being labeled as what would normally be associated with underage kids drinking white lighting on a park bench. I know my limit and it's over 3 pints
Reply 11
when I was younger I used to binge drink.
Now I don't class myself as binge drinking. I'll have a couple pints and maybe a cocktail now and then during the week (Which would be classed as binge drinking) though I can go to my following lessons perfectly fine. I do space out my drinks though.
I know my limits and I won't go over them. Although the govt figures may class it as binge drinking. Won't stop me or make me reduce how much I drink. I don't drink very often, I don't drink heavily, I don't go over my limits.
englishstudent
Chav alert! :eek: Chav alert! :eek: Chav alert! :eek:

:rolleyes:
need_money
:rolleyes:


No, sorry, he's right. You and GG really have to sort your behaviour out. It's shocking.
Laces
No, sorry, he's right. You and GG really have to sort your behaviour out. It's shocking.
Who are you?
need_money
Who are you?

lol exactly im like who the **** are you!?
gossip_girl
lol exactly im like who the **** are you!?


Nobody really. Doesn't take much to judge you from your posts though.
Laces
Nobody really. Doesn't take much to judge you from your posts though.


to be precise, what you mean is "it only takes your posts to judge you from your posts"

and of course, anyone who takes the piss out of chavs should be shot at dawn. how very pc.

don't worry, i'm not racist - i've got a friend who's black.

[disclaimer: i might not have a ****ing clue what you're talking about, in which case i apologise for my obnoxious comments]
cheapwhitewine
to be precise, what you mean is "it only takes your posts to judge you from your posts"

and of course, anyone who takes the piss out of chavs should be shot at dawn. how very pc.

don't worry, i'm not racist - i've got a friend who's black.

[disclaimer: i might not have a ****ing clue what you're talking about, in which case i apologise for my obnoxious comments]


Now that was a lot neater... you might want to read the threads first.
Reply 19
cheapwhitewine
and of course, anyone who takes the piss out of chavs should be shot at dawn. how very pc.

don't worry, i'm not racist - i've got a friend who's black.

[disclaimer: i might not have a ****ing clue what you're talking about, in which case i apologise for my obnoxious comments]


chav doesn't mean black :wink: