Thursday, 26 January 2012
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The New Face Of Binge Drinkers
If you think college students and young adults make up the vast majority of binge drinkers, think again! According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC), frat boys and party girls have nothing on the senior citizens.
A recent press release by the CDC reveals: "While binge drinking is more common among young adults ages 18–34, of those age 65 and older who report binge drinking, they do so more often – an average of five to six times a month."
What counts as binge drinking for the CDC? Consuming four or more drinks for women and consuming five or more drinks for men on any given occassion.
The press release also divulges that household income plays little role in determining binge drinking. Their data shows that binge drinking is more common in households with annual incomes of $75,000 or more, but also that households with an annual income of less than $25,000 have the "largest number of drinks consumed per occassion."
Are you surprised by this news? I sure was!
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I am, as well, considering I knew so many people in college whose sole purpose every weekend was to get wasted.
Hey, why not? You're already retired and have nothing to really live for anymore, so you might as well just live it up, even if it results in an early demise.
@StatelessPilot@revelife - lol.
i'm sure they have something to live for if they're retired...or at least i hope i will when i join the 65+ age group...but it's good to know that people, no matter what age, can relax and have good times. ^_^
I think that statelesspilot has a point. Being as I am involved with so many of them, I honestly think that most of them would hate themselves, or their fate. It's just too many of the idea of the ideal "instar" areas are left, and we are so few (that matter).
What constitutes as binge drinking for an old person though? Because my 88 year old grandma has like one full glass of wine and she's ready to start stripping and telling everyone really terrifyingly inappropriate stories from her youth.
@zubes5806@xanga - Well, certain jobs (mine for example - professional pilot) have mandatory retirement ages so a lot of them are retired against their will. I can only hope I kick the bucket before I reach mandatory retirement age of 65. I love my career and I just wouldn't be able to enjoy life without it.
Jesus I was scared to click in this post, I thought my photos would be plastered everywhere.
Are you kidding? I knew people in my highschool that went out every weekend and sometimes during the week. And college is even worse. I think the illegal age group just isn't reporting.. lol
those senior citizens always partying ><''
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ELzLAcJXew
They really need to get that under control.
I'm not surprised at all. Old people don't roll over and do nothing all day just cuz they are ancient. Heck I remember my grandmother getting drunk when I was a kid, I know where I get my "drunk personality" from. lol
Dang.
This actually does not surprise me. Think about all that saved up retirement money :) I am guessing they aren't throwing keggars or clubbing like the younger crowd, but they can afford to go live it up at good restaurants, buy good bottles of wine, go out on cruises with unlimited drinks, etc. etc. And four drinks isn't very hard to consume regularly - that's about half a bottle of wine, and as someone who loves wine, it's not exactly hard to consume half a bottle of wine if you don't have other responsibilities like work to worry about!
@StatelessPilot@revelife - What I always wondered about that and you is can't you still get a small plane and fly it yourself after you retire? Or is the cut off for flying at all?
@Digital_Angel21@xanga - Well, as long as your health permits you to do so you can fly privately until you die. I do plan on buying my own airplane at some point, but flying all the time like when it's your job is cost prohibitive.
my parents are only in mid 50s but I've had exes break up with me before because my parents like to drink. And always seem to be drinking at any sort of social call! & 2 of these guys are ex fiancees! I hate it! I wish they didn't always have to be like that, but to them (my brothers and myself), WE have the drinking problem! My parents binge about once a week (especially my mother), my brothers maybe once every 2 months (and they're in college), and for me maybe once a year!
My parents are drinkers, not alcoholics, but par-tayyy drinkers. My nearly 70yr old grandma, over this past weekend, took a shot of Patron and she was flying off the walls and stripping. And after she took a 3rd shot she was trying to dance with the guy on tv. I am a little surprised that the older generation is the binge drinking crowd, seeing as how college kids are throwing tons of keggers as I type, and old people can't seem to handle their shit with age.
oh hell yes. If I live past 60 I'll be drinking all the booze and having all the sex I want! gotta live it up!
@articulate_silence@xanga - I agree. College students who binge drink usually do so 8 to 12 times a month. They probably just aren't reporting this.
Considering the rate of speed my father goes through a fifth of whiskey...I'm not surprised.
How to die comfortably at home without pain rather than dying in a cold hospital with pain when you get old.
http://wealthandhealth.co.cc/life
Statistics based on self-reporting are pretty useless, but I guess it's fun to imagine. Four drinks certainly doesn't seem like a binge to me.
gee... I thought like when you turned 35 or 40 and stuff you just became stuffy and old and crotchety and mean and like you just sit in a rocking chair and never do stuff except sometimes when you see teenagers you like yell at them and tell them to get out of your fucking yard because you are old and old people are like so boring and they never do anything and they expect everyone else to never do anything and like they expect everyone to go to church, and play bingo and square dance because old peoples like totally don't do anything.
The title of this post is incorrect, it should be - "The now older faces of binge drinkers."
It seems like these people were likely binge drinkers before, and are now picking up the habit again ... what with no job to lose and such ... why not?
I think I read something about the elderly population and recreational drug use, and I remember being told that AIDS is spreading because of wanton unprotected sex.