it is only fitting that a reawakening post would feature a favorite pastime of a lot of my friends.
binge drinking
(published on page a15 of the october 8, 2004 issue of the pdi)
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notice how in both english and tagalog we use innocuous words to describe alcohol intake: "drinking" in english and "inuman" in tagalog. yet alcohol is a powerful chemical, with effects on the body that you can feel within a few seconds after you take it in.
When is it bingeing?
…what's a standard drink? it can be a small glass of wine, one bottle of beer or a splash of russian vodka. for filipinos then, the index would be beer bottles: taking in five or more in two hours could be binge drinking. but don't forget that many asians don't break down alcohol very well in the blood, which means we get intoxicated more quickly. i'd suspect maybe even three beers in two hours could be problematic for many of us.
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