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.
when i go out (usually once per week) i drink even more than this...but czech people are famous for drinking btw sometimes i can drink three pints and not become even tipsy
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"
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 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
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. =|
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 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
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.