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[quote=Anonymous]I think we’ve gotten fairly absurd with alcohol messaging.

On the one hand, many people (most I’d argue, at least based on my neighbors, friends and colleagues) drink well in excess of what modern medicine says is appropriate. Very similar to the notion that a “serving” of meat should be the size of a deck of cards. Yeah right. Both are just so insanely out of proportion to American normalcy that it’s a joke.

On the other hand, many (including PPs in this thread) get absolutely hysterical about alcoholism and syndromes of various kinds for levels of drinking that, by any historical measure, are completely ordinary.

It’s a weird combo and I’m sure is super confusing for many people, let alone kids.

You shouldn’t drive drunk. We can all agree on that. But what that means is extraordinarily subjective—size, gender, medications, physiology, and most of all tolerances result in massive variance. So I’d mostly say OP should just mind her own business. If someone isn’t visibly impaired (slurring, lacking coordination, etc.) to the point where driving would clearly be unsafe, just leave it alone. If it makes you that uncomfortable, hang out with other people. Personally, what you’re describing wouldn’t bother me in the least. [/quote]

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