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4. Whew, nearly 17 standard drinks

Happy Hours are my down fall, they never seem to end and I wind up drinking 25 oz's of hard liquor before I am done. Most often, I am a pleasant drunk but it is taking it's toll on me physically.

25 ounces of hard liquor, assuming 80 proof, is 16.7 standard drinks, using 0.6 oz pure alcohol as the definition of a standard drink. No wonder it is taking a toll on your physically. (A standard drink is 0.6 oz of pure alcohol, the same as a 12 oz can of 5% alcohol beer such as Budweiser, a 5 oz glass of 12% wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80 proof liquor. Using a common alternative definition of standard drink as 0.5 oz alcohol, 25 ounces of 80 proof liquor is 20 standard drinks). It must be taking a toll on you financially too -- since you mention Happy Hour -- I assume a lot of that is at a bar.

Most often, a pleasant drunk .... what about the "less often" occasions?