are you a binge drinker ?

[ditchy]

According to Govt survey if you drink more than 4 pints once a week you are a binge drinker ... thought that was a tad low on the volume front !!

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

whats the units of alcohol in a pint?

 

[CHAPPERS]

f*** yeah, I like getting hammered and taking COKE and PILLS too, it makes me forget about the mundane awfulness that is real life and gives you well good HANGOVERS.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

whats the units of alcohol in a pint?

2 isn't it?

4 pints is a bit low, and tolerance level should come into it somewhere.

 

[REDLAND]

hell yer, I'm with Chappers on this one

 

[ditchy]

exactly KSA

 

[bhaexpress]

Not any more

 

[zefarelly]

4 pints . . . .blimey thats not much . . . .I'm a binge drinker . . . .and proud of it !

what about a bottle of wine followed by 4 pints . . . .whats that classed as ?

or a sip from the furry cup . . . . .is that being a minge drinker ?

sorry ladies . . .a bit crass for a MOnday maybe

 

[The Large One]

Dunno, what does binge taste like?

 

[ripper]

I can safely say yes I probably am, but at the end of the day that is my choice and not any of the govt's business so they can p*ss off.

Wasn't it obesity last week

smoking the the week before

I wonder what it will be next week?

 

[Lammy]

Makes me laugh when they say "It's costing the tax payer £40,000,000 a year to clean up the mess of drinkers! We need to make them cut down!"

Err do you know how much tax there is on Alcohol mate? I think you'll find drinkers more than pay their fare share of tax!

 

[Lammy]

btw I am partial to the odd drop of real ale!

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[Gary Nelson]

Just started to drink Pride along with Harveys....yum yum

 

[Meade's Ball]

I binge.
There, i said it. Happy now?!

 

[Soton Seagull]

I am guilty of binge drinking about 3 nights a week if you accept you limit stated!

 

[Marc]

binge...rhymes with minge...aaahhh what a word.....miiiiiiiiiiiinge







ahem....yes I drink beer so what of it

 

[fatboy]

My friend just told me

becca says:
i think you need to detox
becca says:
i think your liver might not last otherwise

 

[Gwylan]

Makes me laugh when they say "It's costing the tax payer £40,000,000 a year to clean up the mess of drinkers! We need to make them cut down!"

Err do you know how much tax there is on Alcohol mate? I think you'll find drinkers more than pay their fare share of tax!

I actually once worked on the Drinkwise campaign, persuading people to drink sensibly. Trouble is, half the campaign team used to go down the pub every evening.



But it's not true to say that drinkers pay their fair share. That's true of smokers who pay more than enough to cover the cost of their medical treatment.

However, the cost of treating alcohol-related illness, days off for hangovers, drink-related traffic accidents, drink-related violence and alcohol-induced accidents far outweighs the tax raised by taxing alcohol.

When I was working on the campaign, some 10 years ago, the tax raised was only half what was needed; I suspect that the gap has widened since then.

 

[zefarelly]

I doubt it . . .we pay twice as much for booze as most of western Europe . . . .a pint costs a few pence, the breweries make a killing and tax makes up the rest . . .it must generate billions per annum

 

[Lammy]

To brew beer yourself from the raw ingedients (including gas and electric) it costs about £6 to make 9 gallons (72 pints). That's just over 8p a pint. Now imagine how cheap it is to make it on a large scale!!!

At most I's say it costs about 4p a pint to make. We pay on average over £2 a pint. You do the maths.