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Would you qualify this man as a binge drinker?

  • Posted on January 1, 2010 at 7:06 pm

31 year old married father of 1 child (toddler), he drinks 2-3 times per month on average. He usually drinks on a friday evening into early monring hours saturday and consumes between 12-36 beers in that time period. He spends the better part of Saturday sleeping it off and crying that he doesn’t want to drink anymore. On one occassion his wife came home from seeing a movie with her mother and nephew to find him drunk when he was supposed to be caring for their 17 month old daughter. Does this man have a problem with alcohol?
The reason I ask if because the wife tells me today that he’s been “sober” for two months and is talking about drinking tonight which will certainly turn into a binge session. She wants to leave with their child if he drinks and she wants to make sure she isn’t overreacting.

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