How many drinks do you have a week (Sun to Thurs)?

[HelloHockeyFans]

- Less than 1 drink per day/less than 5 per week
- 1 per day/5 per week
- 2-3 per day/10-15 per week
- 4-5 per day/20-25 per week
- 6-7 per day/30-35 per week
- 8-9 per day/40-45 per week
- More than 10 per day/More than 50 per week

Maybe we can get a poll.

How many drinks do you have a day?

Let's make this a Sunday to Thursday poll since Fridays and Saturdays are generally heavier drinking days when I for example, might drink more than I normally do simply because I'm out partying because it's the weekend.

Some recommendations from Health Canada:

Canada's Drug Strategy considers moderate alcohol consumption for most adults to be no more than one drink a day and no more than seven drinks a week.

What is one drink equal to?

• 1 12-oz bottle of beer
• 1 5-oz glass of wine
• 1 standard shot of liquor

*Martinis and margaritas normally have two shots of liquor... so 1 Martini/Margarita = 2 drinks

*Pints of beer are 19.2-oz glasses which accounts to about 1.5 drinks

*The normal bottles of wine usually come in 750mL bottles (25-oz) which is around 5 drinks according to Health Canada.

For me, I'll typically average one pint of beer a week, four mix drinks a day (i.e. rye and ginger) and I think one bottle of red wine per week...

1.5 drinks + (4 drinks X 5 days) + 5 drinks = 26.5 drinks per week...

WAY above the 5 drink maximum recommended by Health Canada...

Is it just me or is that 5-drink recommendation a little out of whack? I mean, if you have one bottle of wine between you and your wife/husband with a meal twice in one week, you're already at your maximum amount according to the government...

[Eddie Bronze]

Zero

[peter12]

Maybe 5-10 per month.

[Displaced Flames fan]

Average probably 1 beer per month.

[Iowa_Flames_Fan]

I drink maybe one beer every other week. I'm a parent, and I work early in the morning. I'm lame.

[ricoFlame]

Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan

Average probably 1 beer per month.

yeah, same here.

[HelloHockeyFans]

I think I have a problem then....

ha ha it's a public poll that'll get some honest answers....

[Traditional_Ale]

2-3 of the lovely things.

Canada food guide is terrible when it comes to alcohol.

Latvia, for example, reccomends 35 units of alcohol for adult males per week.

Thats FIVE BEERS A DAY!

IIRC they have one of the worlds best ratings with regard to heart disease.

[Sylvanfan]

Yeah, I guess I'd qualify as being uber lame in my old age. During the winter maybe 8 drinks a month more often it's 4 or less...closer to 4 per week for a couple months in the summer. When I was younger...it was a lot more, but even than most of it was weekend based. Although there was a time when 15-20 a week did happen. You can't get away with that at my age now, or you'll have a huge arse LOL.

[underGRADFlame]

The odd day after work I'll have a scotch or 2 relaxing on the couch, or if i go out for dinner i'll have a pint or a glass of wine, but heavy drinking on a weekday is not a option.

[Traditional_Ale]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

Yeah, I guess I'd qualify as being uber lame in my old age. During the winter maybe 8 drinks a month more often it's 4 or less...closer to 4 per week for a couple months in the summer. When I was younger...it was a lot more, but even than most of it was weekend based. Although there was a time when 15-20 a week did happen. You can't get away with that at my age now, or you'll have a huge arse LOL.

Gah! EXERCISE!

[chid]

I drink a lot of wine during the week, especially before bed.
I also tend to go out for drinks on school nights, mainly to procrastinate on doing work.

[moon]

0 for me now but until about three years ago it was easily 35+.

[RougeUnderoos]

I probably wouldn't have voted if I knew it was a public poll.

[Weiser Wonder]

Sunday through Thrusday? Usually 0. Friday and Saturday? Another story.

[Sylvanfan]

Hmm...I don't know if I can change the public/not public thing. I'll see if I can change it.

Yeah, changed, it's private now.

[4X4]

I always have beer in my fridge. I almost always have a couple after work. Sometimes, a couple couple. And sometimes more, if there's a game on or someone comes over.

[GreatWhiteEbola]

0.

[DuffMan]

Sun - Thurs. I would say I rarely have anything to drink, during the Winter. Come summer, I would say 2 - 4 on days when there is golfing, 2 for bbqing, mowing the lawn, after a bike ride, watching the sun go down, etc. etc. I think I'll go to light beer during the week, now that I think about it, this summer.

[getbak]

During the week, very few. I might go out and have a couple once every couple of weeks.

On the weekend, BINGE BABY!!!