Just how much beer is enough beer?

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I read a news story the other day that women should only consume 2 standard drinks a day for ten years or something before they got some sort of brain damage. Short term memory loss, inability to concentrate, that kind of thing. Nothing major like forgetting how to walk or who you are or suddenly starting to talk with a British accent or anything.

So I was thinking, well, I drink about 3 to 4 stubbies a night on average - some nights less, some nights a fair bit more. Keeping in mind that a stubbie is approx. 1.4 standard drinks… I guess it all evens out in the end. This behavior started around the time I started to earn enough money to be able afford to drink on a regular basis. So about 5 years ago.

That leaves me a damn good 5 years worth of brain-cell suicide!

Woo-Hoo!

Someone get me another beer to celebrate!!

For the men-folk out there reading this - you can rest easy because according to the research you guys can safely consume about 6 standard drinks a night for ten years without causing damage. However the article mentioned that a large percentage of men believed it was ok to consume 20 standard drinks a day for 10 years before incurring any cerebral compromise.

You wish hahahaha!!!!

(So do I!)

Well, now I’ve only got 4 years, 364 days and 23hrs left to continue the abuse on my long suffering brain.

I’ve got to go and make the most of it!

Cheers…