35 drinks a week = alcoholic

50 drinks a week = you are beyond help

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270024)

35 drinks a week = 5 drinks every single night.

you were implying that say 45 drinks = just fine. that's almost 7 drinks a night. aside from the fact that that consistent level of consumption would probably kill most people in ten to twenty years, it would clearly interfere with their daily life as well, because they're be drunk literally every single night. that's beyond even functional alcoholism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270058)

Op asked about alcoholics, not "functional alcoholics." I said less is unhealthy, but not necessarily social problems.

I stand by my number. Some people might be alcoholics with fewer drinks, but 50 is the minimum where most people would start to have real social consequences.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270083)

they can't wrap their spectrum-afflicted minds around ideas like negative life consequences, physical dependence, or escalation. instead, they latch onto a raw number as if there's some kind of blanket applicable baseline of X drinks per day = alcoholism. what's the reasoning? well clearly 20 drinks every day is alcoholism and zero drinks every day is not, so now we just need to refine the number to extract the rule!

seriously, this place used to be smarter.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36276128)

do not listen to anyone else in this thread.

even if you can get it down to 1 1/2 drinks a night.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36269992)

so in 6 months he will do it every night.

then in a year it will be 3/4 of a bottle.

you see where this is going.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270001)

unless you're 40+ and have maintained this exact pattern of behavior for like 10-15 years, it WILL get worse, and you WON'T see it coming. right now you are at the point that you can easily make a beneficial change.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270029)

you are ok right now but what you are describing basically puts you on the cusp of getting into a serious prolonged problem. if you want solid advice, don't even maintain what you are doing now. you need to change your mindset right now to cut back. because you aren't yet drinking too much, if you do this, you will probably never be an alcoholic. also - I am not saying you need to quit drinking, you just need to cut down, even one less drink every few days... this will put you in the right mindset.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270068)

If your IQ is high enough, you can will your way out of any addiction

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270075)

then my parents they've been alchies for 25 years (which of course may be true but i think it's something less than the danger zone for sure)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270125)

Just be a NEET with no GF/wife and suddenly there is no reason to not do 40+ drinks/week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36270322)

the problem serious drunks have is that they can't imagine having a brain that doesn't have bad alcoholic wiring, so they see danger in mild scenarios because they know they would fly into a death spiral under similar circumstances. heavily addicted ex-smokers are the same way. they never believe that some people can smoke a few cigs here or there but not become full blown daily smokers. a huge percentage of 'smokers' operate this way but if you ask a current or former navy smoker, they will never, ever believe these people exist.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4005292&forum_id=2#36276138)