I’ve heard it said by folks at a certain “12 step” program that it’s not quite so much the amount of alcohol that they drank but what it did to them. (I probably shouldn’t mention the name of the particular “12 step” program because apparently they like to remain anonymous.)
I would agree that anything over three 12-ounce bottles/cans of beer daily, every single day, would be considered a bit “too much” for an average-sized man. And I would agree that around four or five standard drinks would usually be at the beginning of being “drunk” for the average-sized man.
Most here said that they have less alcohol tolerance as they get older, but in my case I find that my tolerance has definitely been increasing. I’m currently 48 years old, and my tolerance has pretty well doubled over the past 20 or so years.
I myself am definitely a “binge drinker” and a “chance drinker.” I could go several months without any drinking, but then when I got the opportunity when my folks were away for a week or two, or when I was alone doing some house/dog sitting for a week, then I would sort of be off to the races and usually have between six and eight 20-ounce pints of beer from the taps in one session at a bar, and I would do this twice a week during those times when I would be alone for a week or two. My record is actually 14 of those 20-ounce pints of beer in one day, and I didn’t seem to really feel much undue effect from it.
I’ve been on and off that friggin’ wagon quite a few times in my life, with a nice long slew of relapses to boot. They say that resentment is a large part of alcoholism, and I find that there’s nothing like living in a strongly JW family since birth to foster that. I just have to keep exploring some general scientific knowledge about psychology and anthropology and try to maintain some level of emotional well-being and balance.