| > For many that grew up in US drinking culture, the choice is surprisingly binary: binge drink or abstain completely. Half of Americans don't drink regularly, which is several times the abstaining population in the UK (for example.) Of those who do, 24% binge drink and 6.2% have more than two drinks a day. every day of the week. That works out to 12% and 3% respectively. https://alcohol.org/professions/ I don't have data for the US, but in the UK, the alcohol industry makes most of its profits off alcoholics, with harmful/hazardous drinkers making up 25% of the drinking population, but ~66% of its profits. https://www.recoveryanswers.org/research-post/alcohol-sales-... ~4% (the harmful drinkers) drink one third of all the alcohol sold in the UK. Heavy drinkers tend to not move from whatever bar they start at, and this is why "happy hour" exists. It's literally bars 'bidding' over who gets the alcoholics for the night. That's why some states have banned the practice. |