It’s interesting that a doctor will express concern about someone’s behavior from a health standpoint, but the patient defends him/herself from a moral standpoint. Or a political one (the “It’s a free country” defense). Look, if we could just strip the shame from certain mental health issues (and drinking too much…

I dunno, there’s a difference between lying and making a good-faith estimation but being wrong. Most people are wrong about their talent level at a host of things, driving chief among them. There’s great research on this: the better you think you are at something, the more likely you are to a) suck at it and b) be so…

Why not? It’s not a moral standard, it’s a medical one. Which means there’s no moral consequence or judgment for violating it, just a medical risk. It’s not like someone’s going to punish you for drinking 4 drinks, or make you wear a scarlet letter.

I think the thing that throws people off is just how little alcohol per sitting is too much for the body and brain. It doesn’t feel like it, because we can drink the doctor’s definition of “too much” and still avoid hangovers easily. But just because it’s not societally considered outlandish to drink a certain amount…

There’s a big difference between binge drinking and being a binge drinker. That many drinks on a single occasion fits the loose definition of binge drinking agreed upon by WHO, CDC and NIH. Being a “binge drinker” would mean drinking in that fashion on several occasions per month. Lots of people engage in the…