Husband drinks two, sometimes three, bottles of Michelob Ultra EVERY night

[Anonymous]

I mean, this would bug me but not sure I would call it alcoholic behavior. It’s just not great to drink beer every night and never give your liver a rest. Guess I would classify it more as an unhealthy habit, like eating half a package of Oreos every day or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, this would bug me but not sure I would call it alcoholic behavior. It’s just not great to drink beer every night and never give your liver a rest. Guess I would classify it more as an unhealthy habit, like eating half a package of Oreos every day or something.

More like 10 oreos a day.
Unless shrinkflation has reduced packages of those to only 20 now?

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Anonymous wrote:I’d bet anything he’s also taking nips of liquor.

I had the same thought. My husband has alcohol use disorder and is now sober. Living through it gives you a sense for what lies beneath, unfortunately.

This is actually a thing, it's called "Texas sober" or something along those lines (?) where the only alcohol they drink is light beer. Reformed drunks who smugly convince themselves they're disciplined for only drinking watered down beer.

I think you've convinced yourself that "Landman" is real life.

Some show didn’t make that up. That’s been a thing for decades.

Naw, men usually don't drink light beer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would this worry you? He says he chooses this variety because it's healthier than soda or some other sweet treat. He claims it's basically a diet beer and doesn't even give him a buzzy intoxicated feeling. He says he'd prefer to unwind and drink wine with dinner but I do not consume alcohol, so he buys this specific diet beer instead. By the end of every week there's a bag full of nearly 20 beer bottles and it makes me feel like he has a problem.

Google

Michelob Ultra has an Alcohol By Volume (ABV) of 4.2%. 95 calories and 2.6 grams of carbs per 12 oz. serving.

It would worry me because he has rubbish taste in beer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d have a problem with his choice of Michelob Ultra. It’s crap beer.

This was initial thought.

[Anonymous]

20 beers a week is a lot, it’s also kinda pointless. Drinking 2-3 light beers isn’t even enough to barely get buzzed for a normal sized man so what’s the point then? Just drink seltzer and save the calories and health issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:20 beers a week is a lot, it’s also kinda pointless. Drinking 2-3 light beers isn’t even enough to barely get buzzed for a normal sized man so what’s the point then? Just drink seltzer and save the calories and health issues.

The point would be he doesn’t like seltzer, or soda, or iced tea, etc. He’s drinking it as a beverage, not to get buzzed. 3 light beers wouldn’t get 99% of people buzzed.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, this would bug me but not sure I would call it alcoholic behavior. It’s just not great to drink beer every night and never give your liver a rest. Guess I would classify it more as an unhealthy habit, like eating half a package of Oreos every day or something.

More like 10 oreos a day.
Unless shrinkflation has reduced packages of those to only 20 now?

Oreos don't contain alcohol, so the beer is far more unhealthy than the oreo. Both are empty calories containing substances that actively harm the body, but alcohol does a special degree of harm, so that is not an apt comparison.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:20 beers a week is a lot, it’s also kinda pointless. Drinking 2-3 light beers isn’t even enough to barely get buzzed for a normal sized man so what’s the point then? Just drink seltzer and save the calories and health issues.

The point would be he doesn’t like seltzer, or soda, or iced tea, etc. He’s drinking it as a beverage, not to get buzzed. 3 light beers wouldn’t get 99% of people buzzed.

Getting buzzed or not is not the issue. The harm to the body is what is concerning for OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s probably fine as those beers are mostly water. I love drinking beer in the summer after being outside or especially after yardwork! However, I just can’t handle much alcohol so I switched from my fancy Belgiums to Corona which is more water. There is no way that I could drink two glasses of wine more than one day or two days in a row.

You do know how to measure alcohol by the drink right? It has nothing to do with the water content of the beverage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If everything else is normal, this is fine. Would anything seem different if it were sodas?

beer is not the same as soda

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Anonymous wrote:Moderate drinking for men is generally defined as 2 per day or 14 per week. For beer that is a 12 oz beer at 5%APV. So technically he can have a little more than 2 light beers per night and still be considered a moderate drinker. So the question is how often is it 3, not 2?

In any case, it is a lot, though is still considered moderate drinking, but healthwise even low amounts of alcohol affect not just the liver, but also the brain, gut, pancreas, lungs, cardiovascular system, immune system, and more. So no to al anon, but yes to having him do some reading up on his health risks.

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/alcohols-effects-body

If there are 20 bottles at the end of the week, it's 3 6 days a week and 2 1 day.

Wow, you're some kind of math savant!

The point is that OP's husband is more than a "moderate" drinker according to health experts. He is in heavy drinker territory -- yes, you can be a heavy drinker even if your choice beverage is light beer.

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Anonymous wrote:Ultra is not drinking

Haha. What’s funny is how everyone clutches their pearls at a couple of low ABV beers on forum a full of women who guzzle a “heavy pour” of wine every night after their email job and every other person in Washington has a script for Adderall and/or Xanax. Wine and pills are sophisticated, beer makes you a prole drunkard.

Are you a fantasy writer?

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Anonymous wrote:How big is he? That beer is low alcohol. I wouldn’t worry

+1 Even three of these a night isn't as much alcohol as a double or triple IPA which a lot of people like. Drinking every single night is not a great habit to get into but this is the equivalent of a glass of wine, alcohol-wise.

No, he is having the equivalent of almost 3 glasses of wine per night:
A 5 oz. glass of 12% APV wine is "one drink."
A 12 oz. 5% APV beer is also "one drink"
His 12 oz. light beer is 4.5% APV, so each one is only a smidge less than a regular 12 oz. beer or a glass of wine, more like two 5oz. glasses of riesling at 5% or one Prosecco at 11% APV per beer.

IPAs are 7-10% so by the ounce "one drink" is ~6 oz for the higher volume. Note also, most people who think they are having 'a glass' of wine are often having 1.5 to 2 per pour, as few people pour 5 oz. -- restaurants routinely ask if you want 6 or 9 oz so one glass is always more than "one drink" health wise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s probably fine as those beers are mostly water. I love drinking beer in the summer after being outside or especially after yardwork! However, I just can’t handle much alcohol so I switched from my fancy Belgiums to Corona which is more water. There is no way that I could drink two glasses of wine more than one day or two days in a row.

The alcohol content of two 12 oz Coronas (types vary from 4 to 4.8% apv) is the same as two 5 oz. glasses of 12% apv wine.

https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohols-effects-health/what-standard-drink