How many beers per night is it okay to consume?

35 comments

1. Depends on how drunk you want to get!

2. US, the CDC says two is ok for men. Then again, each and every day may also be an issue.

   ETA: Link to the CDC Alcohol Guidelines.

   https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/moderate-drinking.htm

3. I’m declaring two. Two five per cent beers. Not two Voodoo Ranger tall cans. Best to skip nights though just to know you can.

4. I think if you need alcohol to wind down every single day, you have a problem

5. There’s some good research out there that there’s *no* level of safe drinking, but the official recommendation is going to be 1-2 per day.

6. I think you’re over exaggerating how common that is.

7. I wouldn’t say drinking after work everyday is all that common anymore, at least with people under the age of 50 or so. I usually only drink on the weekend and even then it’s very rare for me to have more than one or two unless I’m at an event or something. I probably average 3 or 4 drinks a week.

8. Is it actually routine? What age demographic are you referring to?

9. >so I know for most men it’s routine to open a bottle after work to wind down

   Who’s gonna tell him?

   For your question… no amount of alcohol is good for you. Drinking any amount of alcohol every day will have serious impact on your sleep and hormones

10. Used to work with two Mexicans in a kitchen and they would buy a 20’pack and split it between them. That’s 10 beers a night 6 nights in a row

    It was crazy

11. Every night? Too much. Try to stay within once or twice a week and probably around 2-3 cans max

12. None. Drinking daily isn’t good. Even a beer every evening is a habit. Personally I have 4-6 drinks a month. Sometimes it’s 1-2 a week or others I’ll go out and have them all in one evening. I’d say no more than 2 a max of 3x a week unless it’s a special occasion.

13. The typical recommendation is no more than seven 12 oz alcoholic beverages in a 7 day week, ingesting no more than 1-3 in one day. I prefer 1 or 2 every 2-5 days, on average. You might try the occasional sober day, as nightly drinking, even “just one” can add up on you, “death by 1000 cuts” style.

14. None

15. Naw bro, after work I’m pretty tired and can fall asleep just fine without alcohol

16. Daily can’t be good.

17. Most men absolutely do not open a bottle after work

    Drinkers do. Most people are not drinkers.

18. Every day? I don’t think it’s a good idea to drink every day…

19. IMO, the best definition of an alcoholic is a person who needs the drink vice one who wants a drink.

20. I think realistically some places would classify this person as an alcoholic based on that level of consumption. In my opinion, the real indicators are
    -Does it impact your day to day life (spending too much money on alcohol, drunk at work, social relationships, etc)
    -Does it impact your health (known health issues correlated to or suspected correlation to alcohol consumption)
    If the answer is no, I think 1-2 beers per night is totally fine. I can’t imagine it’s much worse for you than 1-2 cans of sugar soda per night.

21. >So I know for most men its routine to open a bottle after work to wind down.

    Obligatory I’m a woman so feel free to downvote/ignore me but in my years of dating around, I dated many, many men. Smart men, sweet men, hard-working men. Lots of them.

    **Not one, and I mean NOT ONE, had a routine of “opening a bottle after work to wind down.”**

    I think you’re massively overestimating how common this is. Maybe it’s cultural, but at least in the US where I am, and in the several states I’ve lived in, I wouldn’t say this is “most men” at all.

22. routine isn’t to need to unwind with alcohol every day my guy. just once or twice a week and I only have one or two max at that. Needing to unwind every day with alcohol is alcoholism.

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24. I guess most of the people in my life are alcoholics. Who knew?

25. This post makes me wanna drink

26. My dad drinks 1 or 2 a night and had high blood pressure. His doctor told him to stop drinking, and guess what his blood pressure went up. He doctor told him, “Well, I guess, start drinking again”

27. All the beers.

28. Ah my time to shine. Got a DUI that led aa/therapy etc. Point being healthy drinking according to medical professionals is as follows:
    2 max a day for men
    1 max a day for women.
    14 drinks a week for men.
    7 a week for women.

    No you cannot have all 14 at once that was the problem.

    If you cant hold yourself to a 2 drink max 90% of the time then you most likely have a problem. (Wedding and specials occasions are understandable)

    If you drink to get away from certain aspects of your life or to deal with things you most likely have a problem.

    However if you like me used to get out of hand but want to be able to enjoy alcohol in a healthy manner then you need discipline and desire. Its harder when your culture and family normalize drinking to excess like mine does but it is doable.

    Also dont drive…just dont.

29. Well shit bro, how many ya got? I can pick up another case on the way over.

30. Any time questions like this are brought up Reddit seems to think damn near any amount of alcohol consumed makes you an alcoholic and I really get a kick out of it

31. For most men? Errrr

32. Beer once a week for me, ideally less frequent than that. Alcohol has lost its appeal after my college days

33. We’re all alcoholics it’s okay guys

34. You can Google this. 1 per night for women, two for men. Otherwise you run the risk of certain medical issues.

35. >So I know for most men its routine to open a bottle after work to wind down.

    Is it though?

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    >What is the number of beers that stays in the normal range and what is the number per night that you would think you friend is alcoholic`?

    Every single night? Just one. If you can’t go 24 hours without cracking a cold one, that’s certainly a problem. You don’t need to be getting sloshed till you black out to be an alcoholic.