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Anonymous wrote:More than three glasses a week is a heavy drinker most likely alcoholic. Most normal people don't chronically drink every day or week.

I guess all the population of Europe and 60 percent of the population of the US are alcoholics.

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Yes yes the UK....just sipping wine at dinner ...we should look to the Europeans on how to handle alcohol.

The UK drinks industry has been ordered by the Home Office to produce plans to tackle the sale and promotion of cheap super-strength beers and cider by the summer or face government action. Crime Prevention minister Norman Baker said that some alcohol producers and sellers have tried to ignore the Home Office's demands for a strategy to crush problem drinking in the hope that the policy will be ditched after the general election next year. Mr Baker has also asked his officials to find ways of combating the "inappropriate" opening of pubs at motorway service stations, as pioneered by low-cost pub chain JD Wetherspoon......
Since he joined the Home Office in October, Mr Baker has been shocked by the scale of alcohol-related crime, which costs England and Wales £11bn a year. About 15,000 people die every year from alcohol-linked illnesses. The Home Office told the industry last year that it needed to set up voluntary commitments, such as minimising alcohol advertising and confining displays and promotions to single areas.

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More than three glasses a week is a heavy drinker most likely alcoholic. Most normal people don't chronically drink every day or week.


I guess all the population of Europe and 60 percent of the population of the US are alcoholics.

Yes they have a small amount of wine with their meal..maybe 4-6 oz. in the US a 6 oz pour will get you laughed at.


Not sure what countries you are referring to, but in the UK, the NHS recommends men limit their consumption to 3-4 drinks A DAY and women to 2-3 drinks A DAY. The US has the lowest alcohol consumption of any western industrialized nation. Europeans are having a bit more than a "small amount of wine" with dinner.

I think our Puritan history may be unduly influencing your perception of what "too much alcohol" looks like.

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Everyone I've dated has said I'm one of the most laid back and fun people they've ever met. I'm not judgemental, but I had a bad experience with the guy. Sorry if my not being cool with my boyfriend drinking 12 glasses of wine in a night, routinely, makes me seem judgemental. When I was with him, I wasn't sure if he had a problem. Looking back, I think he did. Just trying to share my thoughts with op who sounds similarly unsure.

Anonymous wrote:his behavior was exactly the same as when he is drinking

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I'm posting all that as examples of someone who seemed to have a whole "relationship" with alcohol. A large part of his life revolved around it. He didn't drink every day, but there was clearly some dysfunction there. If your new guy seems to have a relationship with alcohol, almost as if it's another person in his life, that is a big red flag. It's not about tolerance.

You sound like a whole judgement full of fun to date.

Everyone I've dated has said I'm one of the most laid back and fun people they've ever met. I'm not judgemental, but I had a bad experience with the guy. Sorry if my not being cool with my boyfriend drinking 12 glasses of wine in a night, routinely, makes me seem judgemental. When I was with him, I wasn't sure if he had a problem. Looking back, I think he did. Just trying to share my thoughts with op who sounds similarly unsure.

That's 3 bottles of wine in a night. Are you saying he finishes off 3 bottles of wine by himself in one night, routinely? Yes, that sounds like a problem to me.

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I'm posting all that as examples of someone who seemed to have a whole "relationship" with alcohol. A large part of his life revolved around it. He didn't drink every day, but there was clearly some dysfunction there. If your new guy seems to have a relationship with alcohol, almost as if it's another person in his life, that is a big red flag. It's not about tolerance.

You sound like a whole judgement full of fun to date.

Everyone I've dated has said I'm one of the most laid back and fun people they've ever met. I'm not judgemental, but I had a bad experience with the guy. Sorry if my not being cool with my boyfriend drinking 12 glasses of wine in a night, routinely, makes me seem judgemental. When I was with him, I wasn't sure if he had a problem. Looking back, I think he did. Just trying to share my thoughts with op who sounds similarly unsure.

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I'm posting all that as examples of someone who seemed to have a whole "relationship" with alcohol. A large part of his life revolved around it. He didn't drink every day, but there was clearly some dysfunction there. If your new guy seems to have a relationship with alcohol, almost as if it's another person in his life, that is a big red flag. It's not about tolerance.

You sound like a whole judgement full of fun to date.