# How often do you drink alcohol? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 18, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232 "2011-08-18T22:05:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/81 "2011-08-19T16:23:53Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Somewhere between 3-4 times/week and daily. Same answer here. I usually have a couple of beers or glasses of wine when I get home from work or with dinner. And my husband and I will go downtown once every other weekend or so to have a few drinks with friends. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/82 "2011-08-19T16:24:06Z")
I guess on average about 3 times a week. My GF will split a bottle of wine when we go out to dinner on weekends. During the week, maybe a single drink with dinner. Every now and again, I’ll stop by the pub. If it’s just me, usually I’ll have 2 beers (stopping in for a single beer seems weird.) But that can easily be 4 or 5 or more if I get caught up in a conversation with someone. Rarely do I “drink to get drunk” these days. Although back in the day, my friends and I would get shitfaced on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![geneb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e4f/32.png) [@geneb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geneb)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/83 "2011-08-19T16:36:27Z")
Every day. Usually one a day but, about once a week, I’ll have 3. If I am brewing then I will usually have a -lot- more. You can’t brew beer (or wine, cider and mead) without drinking some of the previous batches. That only happens once or twice a month, though. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/84 "2011-08-19T16:45:45Z")
I needed a two times a week option. I go for lunch and beers with the boys on Fridays (which I have to miss for a doctor’s appointment today \) and usually there is one night on the weekend where I am having people for dinner or being had for dinner (that doesn’t sound right) so we will have a few beers or glasses of wine. However, rare are the times I am drunk. Probably twice a year? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/85 "2011-08-19T17:07:42Z")
Probably 5 or 6 times a week, depending on what’s going on. I won’t if we’re going out because I’m inevitably the driver and I usually don’t on Sundays because I’m often starting to prepare for the upcoming week’s events. I don’t drink for the buzz but simply because I enjoy the taste of a finely crafted wine or distilled liquor. So at home, in moderation and with something really nice, yeah, most every weeknight and Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Bosstrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstrain)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/86 "2011-08-19T17:25:45Z")
> [@alice\_in\_wonderland](#): > > Well I chose once per month but it’s actually more like once or twice a year. > [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > So, you’re assuming everybody drinks at least once a month? :dubious: > [@PandaBear77](#): > > What, no “never” option? Srsly? > [@Cunctator](#): > > I voted ‘once per month’ because it’s the least frequent option available. But it would be closer to ‘once per quarter’. > [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](#): > > Once or twice a year max, so I didn’t vote. I’m sure some years have gone by with no consumption. > [@Skammer](#): > > Less than once a month on average. Although I was at a professional conference last month and drank more in three nights than I usually do the rest of the year combined. > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Never. > [@FatBaldGuy](#): > > You left off “Never”. I found the crackheads…unless you’re doing MJ which is socially acceptable (just not legal in most countries). 😃 There’s a golden rule on this, if someone says they don’t smoke pot or drink alcohol…then you must wonder what it is they _ **are** _ doing. 😃 (I am not accusing anyone of anything, BTW, just stating my observance and dealings with people. My advice, don’t tell anyone you don’t drink or smoke, especially while nervously scratching your nose.) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/87 "2011-08-19T17:49:24Z")
> [@Bosstrain](#): > > I found the crackheads…unless you’re doing MJ which is socially acceptable (just not legal in most countries). 😃 > > There’s a golden rule on this, if someone says they don’t smoke pot or drink alcohol…then you must wonder what it is they _ **are** _ doing. 😃 > > (I am not accusing anyone of anything, BTW, just stating my observance and dealings with people. My advice, don’t tell anyone you don’t drink or smoke, especially while nervously scratching your nose.) :eek: Knock off the threadshitting. If you want to cast aspersions, go do it in The BBQ Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/88 "2011-08-19T18:01:21Z")
Yeah! Get im! ::uurp:: ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/89 "2011-08-19T18:01:57Z")
I like a beer maybe one or two times a week win dinner, especially in the summer and fall months when the summer brews and then the fall brews come out. I just got some pumpkin UFOs and planning on having one with a burger tonight. I rarely have more than one drink at a time and I haven’t been drunk in years. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/90 "2011-08-19T18:07:55Z")
One more for “never.” I think this one needs to be redone. ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/91 "2011-08-19T18:30:57Z")
When I was single and looking, I went out drinking a lot more than I do now. Experience has taught me that I rarely make good decisions when I’m drunk. I voted once per month, but its more like once every couple of months. When I do drink, it’s only a beer or two, or maybe a bloody mary. Spicy. However now that I’m pregnant, I’ve been craving beer. I think that’s just because I can’t have one. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/92 "2011-08-19T18:55:44Z")
I answered once a month, but it’s really a few times a year, and never to drunkenness. I come from a long line of alcoholics that used it to self-medicate for mental illness. It was finally socially acceptable to get help by the time it rolled around for me. So for one, I’m very careful not to start a habit, and number two, I’m on medication I shouldn’t drink with. Also, I don’t like getting socially drunk. If that’s your idea of fun, so be it, but I don’t want to be around people who like to do so. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/93 "2011-08-19T19:38:41Z")
Once a week or maybe less, and not at all unless my wife asks if I’d like a glass of wine. Beer in my fridge tends to stay there untouched. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/94 "2011-08-19T19:49:45Z")
Daily. Probably 3-5 strong beers a night, or equivalent in spirits, and more at weekends. It seems like most of the other people who say they drink daily are too drunk to post! ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/95 "2011-08-19T19:52:11Z")
> [@OneMissedPost](#): > > Just curious, how often do you drink alcohol? I haven’t read the responses to the thread yet, but wouldn’t be surprised if others responded as I do. Why didn’t you include a ‘Never’ option? Not everyone drinks. In fact, many people don’t. I, for example, have never had an alcoholic beverage of any kind in my life. ETA: Just read the thread. It’s a relief to see I’m not alone in this boat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/96 "2011-08-19T20:01:03Z")
You left off never, for those of us that don’t drink at all. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/97 "2011-08-19T20:57:06Z")
? Where’s the “I don’t/Never” option? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/98 "2011-08-19T21:12:55Z")
A lot more of us teetotalers than I expected. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/99 "2011-08-19T21:14:53Z")
Never; no interest in the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232/100 "2011-08-19T21:17:09Z")
Less than once per month. I just don’t like the taste. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-drink-alcohol/593232.md?page=6)