I don't drink too often, but approximately once a month, I go out and get obliterated. I will have 10-15 drinks and the next day I feel like crap. Will drinking this infrequently take years off my life? I know it isn't good, but is it going to cause complications? Does it effect my running?
One binge drink is equal to one year.
Thats the rule I live by, and it has helped me to only drink moderately (<6 standard drinks at one time). Currently I expect to die at 56.
Why am I not dead then?
Drinking beer is good for you, especially non-alcohol.
I read Pre's biography and it said he drank lots of beer.
His mother was a German, and Germans drink lots of beer.
GGGGAAAAAAAWWWWDDDDDDD! you people kill me. stop being so gay.
it will kill you if thats all you drink!
drunkard123 wrote:
I don't drink too often, but approximately once a month, I go out and get obliterated. I will have 10-15 drinks and the next day I feel like crap. Will drinking this infrequently take years off my life? I know it isn't good, but is it going to cause complications? Does it effect my running?
Sure, it'll kill if you drive afterward.
Binge drinking can be the start on the slippery slope of the downward spiral
Once a month won't do a damn thing. Just keep yourself healthy the rest of the time and you'll still be way ahead of the curve
If drinking once a month causes you such concern maybe you should get off the sauce. You know the saying, if you are asking yourself if you have a drinking problem, then you probably do!
yes
Stop being a wuss. Beer in moderation is not going to effect you at all. If what that retarded poster said one binge drinking experience takes a year off your life I don't think we would be worrying about rapid population growth cause alot more people would be dead right now. Idiots.
Drinking isn't a problem for me. It's one of the easiest things I do.
it never ceases to amaze me how many runners wonder if drinking hurts their running. if you even have to ask you have already made a decision, subconscious perhaps, that your running is not as important to you as you maybe say it is.
You are all retarded. I drink over 25 drinks a week, and has definitly not effected my running. You are a loser you are not going to die. I never get sick. I feel fine.
if we had a contest on here to see which guys are faster--those who happen to drink (sometimes a bit too much), and those who don't--I can almost guarantee that the drinkers would win out. For instance recently saw one of the best women runners in the US (multiple national championships) absolutely obliterated. Same goes for every other all-american, sub-4 miler, ncaa champ, etc.... that i know or have run across at a party.
i'm not claiming that drinking actually helps you physically. however, people who come on here with their holier-than-thou crap about how drinking is so evil can shove it and go re-watch old olympic races online saturday night while the rest of us have fun. we'll still kick your ass on race day.
finally, i respect people who choose not to drink but don't make a stink about it. it's just the worst when the 15:30 5k'ers get on their soapboxes because they are SOOOOOOO fast and dedicated!
running is a hobby. have fun with it and train your ass off, and enjoy life off the track (or roads, etc...).
my only suggestion to the original poster would be to learn to enjoy a few drinks without getting wasted.
Wow, I am shocked that so many people here think that binge drinking is okay. To the previous poster who said he has over 25 drinks a week, that is pretty pathetic. What is your reasoning for doing that??? Are you only able to have fun when you get "obliterated." To the original poster, no you are probably not going to shorten your life by that much if you drink once a month. But if you binge, you are being completely retarded. I'm assuming both of you are college students, so I know where you are coming from as I just graduated this past May. But c'mon, you guys need to wake up. It is not a healthy lifestyle and I do believe you wuill pay for it at some point in your life. Despite what people believe it is possible to have fun without getting trashed and only having a ocuple drinks.
To Turn Right, your logic is absolutely horrible. So you saw one great runner get obliterated once so you think that runner's who drink a lot would be the other. C'mon, get real. Terrible logic on your part
nope, my logic is fine. i know many, many good runners who drink on a pretty regular basis. i know ZERO good runners who don't drink at all. in fact, none who i haven't seen drunk at least once.
like i said, it doesn't make you a better runner. that's not part of my statement. all i said was if you took a poll here on PR's and running achievements, those who drink when the occasion calls for it would look more impressive than the running nerds who don't. that's just an opinion based on experience.
off the top of my head, I could name off 5-10 NCAA champs, two US champs, and countless all-americans that i have seen wasted. how many good runners can you name who have never been drunk?
i am not saying "there are no good runners who have ever been drunk". what I am saying is--to deny it has a negative impact on your running means simply that you must not have tried being alcohol free.
to all the above saying it has no negative impact--well, welcome to the world of denial; and unless you tell me you are some kind of world record holder or Olympian I will say you are not running as well as you could alcohol free.