http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/10/08/binge-drinking-highest-among-the-wealthy-according-to-the-cdc/ A blog about women and drinking--the ups, downs and everything in between. Sun, 19 May 2013 17:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/2010/10/08/binge-drinking-highest-among-the-wealthy-according-to-the-cdc/comment-page-1/#comment-6491 Deb Sat, 09 Oct 2010 13:39:47 +0000 http://www.drinkingdiaries.com/?p=5119#comment-6491 I wonder if this is because of the lavish parties where a pre dinner coctail is a must, several different wines paired with each course, after dinner coctail followed by coffee or tea with chocolates. If we use this standard for a multi course dinner that my family does a few times a year many more people will qualify as binge drinkers.
A proper french meal at a high end restaurat [$75 per person for the whole meal] begins with a coctail, a glass to a glass and a half of wine with dinner, followed by dessert and after dinner cordial, coffee/tea with chocolates.
That is about 3-4 drinks per person. This is not that unusual for such events. I think we need to stop focus on binge drinking and focus on the societal definitions that move us.

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