Estimate the total number of alcoholic drink equivalents you've consumed

[KrazyHorse]

One drink equivalent equals 12 fl oz (355ml) of 5% abv beer, 1.5 oz (45ml) of 40% abv spirits or 5 oz (140ml) of 12% abv wine.

I figure I just had my 10000th or so.

[Jon Miller]

mid 2003-mid 2005 ~ 2500
mid 2005-mid 2008 ~ 300
mid 2008-mid 2009 ~ 250
mid 2009-mid 2012 ~ 300
mid 2012-mid 2013 ~ 150

Total ~ 3500, if anything this is probably a bit under... and rate I am doing now I won't hit your numbers until I am ~100 years old.

JM

[SlowwHand]

How can you begin to know? I have no memory of many nights and/or days. Many. I couldn't even hazard a guess.

[KrazyHorse]

Sounds to me like you're not built for the long haul. Slow and steady wins the race.

Per day averages:

96-99: 0.5
00-02: 1.0
03-06: 2.5
07-08: 3.5
09: 1.0
10-13: 3.0

[KrazyHorse]

Figure I can get my lifetime average to 1 a day within 2 years. Will be a struggle to get to 2 by the time I die, but I'll try my damnedest

[Jon Miller]

I was thinking weekly, but I think my 03-05 estimate is wrong because I only included my nights out and not my nights in.

JM
(nights out was ~12 per night (2x per week), nights in were ??)
(changed numbers to include 2x per week)

[KrazyHorse]

My vol is much lower nowadays. I drink 2-3 beers most weekdays and get very drunk far less often

[Jon Miller]

I am happy, for the most part, with having a glass of wine with the meal or a nice beer once a week.

JM
(And going out a few times a year at conferences/meetings/etc.)

[Aeson]

If you add up the cough medicine and similar over there years ... I've gone through about a 100 mL bottle of Benedryl each of the last 4 years. I think it's ~40%, but not sure. So that's 8. A similar number from NyQuil spread out over the rest of my life.

So probably about 20.

[giblets]

No idea, probably 100-200.

[MikeH]

~ 40k in 20 years.

[Al B. Sure!]

0

[Lorizael]

I'll say 10, but that's an upper limit. I've sipped a number of drinks, but I've finished maybe 3 or 4 drinks my whole life.

[rah]

If you can remember, you weren't drinking enough. Wimp.

[MikeH]

The errors on my guess are probably +/- 40k