Heavy drinking definition

Heavy drinking means consuming 8 or more alcoholic beverages per week for women or 15 or more alcoholic beverages per week for men.

Examples of Heavy drinking in a sentence

  • Heavy drinking over time can severely limit kidney function and even lead to kidney failure.

  • Heavy drinking was defined as consuming five or more drinks (male), or four or Alcohol-related problems.

  • Heavy drinking leads to increased instances and severity of symptoms, in addition to increasing the time course of the disease (▇▇▇▇▇, 1987; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 1995; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 1995; ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al.

  • Heavy drinking, drinking parties (parties with drinking games and alcohol focus), drunkenness, loss of control, driving under the influence of alcohol, serving/promoting/consuming alcohol to underage minors, are all irresponsible, wrong behaviors, and are not permitted within the Reno International House.