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my need to go out and buy numerous bottles of anything the May not be available in the future. Sick isn't it?

i can relate, but i have nowhere near 500 liters!

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Christmas holidays saw my consumption rise to about 5 bottles over the three weeks. Man I could get used to having a lunchtime pour followed by a nap...

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Christmas holidays saw my consumption rise to about 5 bottles over the three weeks. Man I could get used to having a lunchtime pour followed by a nap...

Sounds like a retirement goal!

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I always tried to increase consumption by NOT spitting. Been doing it wrong all along.

Funny...but for those who don't know..."consumption" was the term used 100 years ago for tuberculosis...evidently, spitting was thought to have the potential to spread the disease.

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did you explain to her that there are only 25 one ounce shots in a bottle, which means one shot a day, 6 days a week? Plus, a shot is 30ml, which is 2 tablespoons (6 teaspoons). Broken down like that, who could argue with a bottle a month?

one beer is 12 ounces/360ml/24tbsp/72tsp

one glass of wine is 5 ounces/150ml/15tbsp/45tsp

you can put anything in relative terms!

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I was reading a National Institute of Health website the other day and came across literature that is intended to provide information to help the reader minimize their health risks associated with alcohol consumption. Of course, drinking no alcohol eliminates all risks. However, they provide three levels of consumption associated with three levels of risks - low, moderate, high. You can Google it and read it for yourself. I would encourage anyone interested to do so.

The reason I am posting in this thread again is that I found the "low" risk level to be a higher consumption of alcohol than I expected. Supposedly, once someone exceeds one of the consumption criteria (daily or weekly) their risk of alcohol related health effects increases. If they stay below the recommended consumption criteria for the low risk level, absent other health issues, they have less than 2% probability of developing significant health effects. Anyway, the criteria threshold for low risk is no more than 4 drinks in one day or 14 drinks in one week.

Now, as we all know, not all drinks are created equal (e.g., beer, wine, liquor). In the case of beer, one 12 ounce can (5%) = 1.5 ounce of liquor (80 proof). Using this "threshold", you would be ok to drink 4 beers in one day or 14 per week and have minimal risk. Likewise, you would be ok to drink 6 ounces of 80 proof liquor in one day or 21 ounces per week. It was the liquor numbers that I found interesting. At 1.5 ounces, a fifth (750 ml bottle) would provide 17 "drinks". So, you could drink almost a fifth per week and be considered in the low to moderate risk range. This seems high to me. That would be over four (750 ml) bottles per month, which is much higher than the "conservative" estimates provided in this thread.

Of course, since no one in this forum drinks 80 proof regularly, the acceptable number of drinks would be less due to higher proof of the whiskey.

Just curious on thoughts about the government funded research on the topic.

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After reading statistics that moderate drinkers live longer, and that it's potentially better for your body to be consistent with your consumption instead of sporadic or abstinent

I try to have a drink every day, normally about 1 oz of whiskey. (less than a 'finger')

I plan on getting a mixology style liquid measure so I can better, more accurately control my intake.

If I am busy, I will end up going the whole day with out even thinking of drink, let alone having one.

I tend to have two or three on a normal night.

I'm contemplating this topic often currently.

I don't drink to get drunk. I enjoy the ritual and flavor of bourbon.

When I drink beer I will reduce or abstain from whiskey.

I sort of consider myself an experiment in moderate drinking.

I do try to maintain a journal of consumption. But it is difficult to remember to open the document and update it every day or two

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Of course, drinking no alcohol eliminates all risks.

The information I've seen shows that this is not the case. Rather, that not-drinking increases your risk of death and health problems.

I will continue to look in to this and see what turns up.

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The information I've seen shows that this is not the case. Rather, that not-drinking increases your risk of death and health problems.

I will continue to look in to this and see what turns up.

Well, you have to take these studies with a grain of salt. Abstaining does eliminate any risks associated with alcohol consumption. The reason that moderate users of any drug tend to live longer than those who abstain is because moderate consumption tends to be a result of a moderate lifestyle in general as opposed to one of extremes (where abstinence is an extreme.)

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Taking these things with a grain of salt is a good idea, certainly.

But it is also worth noting that most countries and health organizations seem to tend to be extra cautious and conservative with their estimates and seem to disregard any evidence of drinking benefits.

I'm trying to take it all in and it's a lot to consider.

I probably will reduce my drinking.

I do find this subject fascinating.

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My routine that has evolved over the last several years is 2oz mid-week typically Wednesday. A beer or two on Friday night and the same on Sunday. Occasionally more or less on additional days but most weeks of the year I adhere to this schedule.

I find that an anticipation builds and I start thinking about what I am in the mood for as Tue evening rolls around. I narrow my selection on Wed day and by the time I sit don after work to enjoy my pour I am really looking forward to it. A really satisfying pour like my ,ost recent WTRB experience is reflected upon Thurs and on Fri I am anticipating a nice evening Pint. Its currently Fri and I am still fondly recalling my Wed WT.

This works well for me and I enjoy the routine/ritual. I guess I am a light consumer based on what I've read in these posts but the depth of enjoyment of is really what counts to me and I most certainly relish and enjoy my "Bourbon Wednesdays". The odd occasion when the pour is less that satisfying are the weeks when there may be a supplemental pour on another night/s. Many more hits than misses though.

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Wow, I may need to re-think my drinking. I I usually have either a beer or glass of wine when I get home in the evening and then before bed I have about 2 oz of Bourbon. That is my every day routine.

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As far as moderate consumption, my great-grandfather drank bourbon and Jack Daniels his whole life. He kept cases at a time (sound familiar?) and drank one small glass nightly after dinner, and no more. He lived to be 85 years old, which is quite high for being born around the turn of the 20th century. I'm no scientist and I won't at all pretend to be completely on board with whiskey being healthy. All I'm saying is I like my odds

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I've talked to my doctor, and advised I probably have a 1 oz pour 4-5 nights a week, and 2 or 3 pours once or twice a week. As long as I was taking care of myself in general (exercising, eating right, etc), he wasn't worried about that amount of alcohol in the slightest. Granted, I failed to describe gazebo nights or GBS events, but those are like "holidays" and hardly count :lol:

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I compared the 1-2 drinks/day recommendation you hear for adult males in the U.S. against what I thought I heard was 3-4/day by the U.K. Nat'l Health Svc. I thought this was quite a disparity, so I looked quantitatively at what both were saying:

US: 1-2 drinks/day = 1.5 fl oz./drink of 40% spirits = 44.36ml to 88.7ml

UK: 3-4 UNITS/day = 25ml/UNIT of 40% spirits = 75ml to 100ml

So to my surprise, the upper limit recommendation really isn't that different. At cask strength, significantly less - so ECBP Devil's Batch at 66.6% would be a max of 53ml in the U.S., or about 1.8 fl ozs., 2.3 fl oz for a BiB.

I used a syringe calibrated in milliliters to see how much this was in the glass I typically use. My typical pour wasn't too far off, but it was a bit heavy.

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Granted, I failed to describe gazebo nights or GBS events, but those are like "holidays" and hardly count :lol:

After a few hours at the Gazebo, I generally CANNOT COUNT!!!!

That's my excuse for losing track of the pours on such nights. :bigeyes: That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :slappin:

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On average doctors take the amount you admit to and double it. They know the majority lie or should we say underestimate what they drink, smoke or what ever. I'm still reading in Medscape emails that 2-3 oz of 80pf or equivalent per day is the recommended amount to avoid alcohol related liver disorders. So with the high proofers we typically consume that's like a few sips [emoji45]

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Some weeknights I have two drinks at home on the couch after work. Other weeknights it's none. Weekend can be loose sometimes but I rarely drink enough to be feeling it the day after. Was talking to a bloke in the pub on Friday who knows someone (albeit a functioning alcoholic) who drinks a bottle of Johnny Red a night after work.

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I have about two-three drinks about 3 nights during the working week (always bourbon). On weekends I usually have 1-2 beers each night and maybe a bourbon after. I rarely drink during the day any more. I have about 10 bottles open at any one time as I like to try different bourbons , my scotch drinking father in law seems to get stuck into my Bourbon the 2-3 times he comes over during the week :)

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Interesting article on the Harvard website:

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/alcohol-full-story/

Says some of the bio-chemical effects of light/moderate drinking may encourage certain positive health effects.

But it also forwards SmknJoes point that moderate drinkers tend to get the right amount of sleep, work out more regularly and generally have decent diets.

I found it worth reading.

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