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For example, it kept saying that despite the generally accepted definitions of "binge drinking", binge drinking actually required 2 solid days/nights of drinking....less than that and they were essentially saying "boys will be boys" ( or girls will be girls of course)
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I was under the impression that 2 days was when a binge officially became a bender.
I have relatives who have similar drinking issues. It's not that they drink continually, it's that when they drink, they drink for the exclusive purpose of getting drunk. They are never having just a few drinks. It's either just one beer or one glass of wine with dinner, or the goal is to get totally smashed.
Which makes them irritating to be around, unless you also have the same hobby. But - and this is an important point - they have for over a decade somehow managed to keep this from interfering with their business and personal lives.
I think if you've gotten to the point where you occasionally wake up not remembering what happened the night before, it has by definition become a problem.
And the thing about people who can drink enough to completely exit reality for a night and not get hung over is that they don't end up with negative associations toward overdoing it.
For sure your conscious judgement is impaired when you're drunk, but if you've been drunk before and paid for it dearly the next day, there's got to be some part of your subconscious somewhere in your head that recalls what the aftermath is going to be. That voice in the back of your mind that says "Wait a minute. I've been here before, and then later my tongue was stuck to the roof of my mouth, and i threw up, and i had mud butt and a terrible headache all day!"
People who don't pay the price with a hangover end up being the people who really severely damage their internal organs.