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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering this is a moms & dads forums, I’m surprised at how many people go to bars multiple times a week. 
I go to a bar maybe twice a year. 
For socializing, we got to restaurants or someone hosts it at their house. 
I drink 2-3 times a month, 1-2 drinks each time. [/quote]

Yes the idea of having 20-30 drinks a week, as a PP reported, as a parent with minor children and in my case a job and hobbies, just sounds not possible. I might have approached that amount briefly in my 20s when I went out like 5 nights a week and my body could metabolize 4 drinks without causing a hangover the next day. Maybe a couple vacations pre-kids where I drank at that level, especially if at a resort where we were just relaxing most days. But as a 30 or 40 something with kids and a full time job? How? I also exercise daily and need 6 hours of sleep minimum to be functional -- there is simply not time to go drink at a bar with friends for hours in end more than a few times a year.[/quote]

I have a friend who is extremely successful. Makes millions of dollars per year holding a high level job and is a person in the spotlight. She easily drinks at least a bottle of wine daily during the week and on the weekends, 3-4 bottles daily. You would have NO IDEA. She's an absolute superhuman machine. I can't get a proper night's sleep if I have 2-3 glasses, or have too much social activity. Meanwhile she's doing more in a day than an average person does in a year, working in the day and partying at night, all through the weekend-- for YEARS. Oh and she looks like a supermodel. I would not believe this were possible if I didn't know her. She has a constitution that would make Rasputin jealous. But you and me, pp, we are delicate hot house flowers, we are pinot grapes to her tungsten steel. I am in total awe. I also worry about her liver. [/quote]

There's a term for this. High-functioning alcoholic. It will catch up to her eventually. [/quote]

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