Binge drinking is drinking heavily in a short space of time to get drunk or feel the effects of alcohol.

The amount of alcohol someone needs to drink in a session for it to be classed as ‘bingeing’ is less clearly defined but the marker used by the UK’s national health service and National Office of Statistics is drinking more than double the daily recommended units of alcohol in one session.

Bing drinking for men, therefore, is drinking more than eight units of alcohol – or about three pints of strong beer. For women, it’s drinking more than six units of alcohol, equivalent to two large glasses of wine.

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