Tracked and visualised using spreadsheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-OINfy9k2zk0QXRjvy9MFgeklBR8bH2sdWDUZW_hPZw/edit?usp=sharing

Posted by Mr-Cas

41 comments

  2. I’m not sure whether “beautiful” is the word I would use for this data.

    The presentation is nice, but… “concerning” was my first thought.

  3. Bro, that’s way too much. Even for a first semester. Start binge drinking every weekend and stop drinking during the weekdays as all responsible students are doing it.

  4. I’m so sorry for you my man, it’s a really tough battle. But you can get through it.

  5. Why are you drinking during weekdays? Seems like an addiction

  6. I really like your visualisation!

    (But I don’t like the amount you are drinking)

  8. My brother you had 70 days with over 10 drinks. You’re going to do permanent damage very quickly!

  9. At first, I thought you had a problem. Then I saw the ’18 years old’ and ‘first year of Uni’. Take it easier next year, less time drinking more time studying. Maybe just drink on weekends lad.

  10. Beautiful data but my mother just died of liver cirrhosis caused by excessive drinking, just saying.

  12. Alcoholism is really cool man, look how destructive I am.

  13. Man, you gotta stop drinking now, having 27 drinks a week on average at 19 is insane and terrifying. As are those quotes. Snapping 15 beers with a heart condition ? Please, for your own health, stop.

  14. Jesus fucking christ dude. Put down the bottle before it puts you down

  15. My brother in christ, what are you doing? I ask this with all good intention, are you paying as much attention to your studies as you are your drinking habits? This is wild and I am concerned for you.

    You asked a question in your slide about having heart problems “impressive or concerning?” Mate, that’s concerning and not at all a badge of honor. Your body is sending you important signals that you appear to be ignoring.

  16. It looks like your weekly average is decreasing, good on you. I have seen first hand how hard addiction is to deal with, I hope the notes are sarcastic and you’re at least a bit concerned because your liver will start failing very quickly if you keep this up. I drink about as much in a year, as you in a week, but its a choice I made after having had (temporary) damage to my liver. It luckily healed but to give you a short summary, you’ll feel like you’re about to vomit most of the day, and will have diarhea all the time – I cannot recommend it.

    But back to the positive, it looks like the trend is going down, so keep it going down. Maybe set a realistic but strong goal decreasing the maximum each month, and don’t be ashamed to join groups like AA.

  17. I’m not going to lecture you, I’ve been like this and enjoyed the ride.

    Make sure you take a month off occasionally. I’ve worked up to 3 months a year now, and it massively helps, mentally and physically. Some of the non-alcoholic beers are decent, I find I enjoy going out. I also try and not drink the next day (unless required by the occasion, like the camping trip).

    Essentially, having some breaks and reducing the streaks will go a long way when you’re a bit older.

    Maybe this was a slight lecture 🙂

  18. You are not even 20 with heart problems. I get it, you are young and think you are invincible. Reality is alcoholism can easily sneak up on you at any age. You maybe a highly function alcoholic now, but keeping up this trend, you will slowly decline to your worst.

    Slow your drinking down or stop completely.

  20. > Stayed sober because of heart problems
    > 6 days
    Oh man

  21. When I saw “stopped due to heart problems” yeah well it’s just time to stop, because the alcohol is at the very least contributing to those heart problems. Used to drink too much myself (not like this thankfully) and a smartwatch complaining about my heart rate variability when I drank is one of the reasons I don’t . They used to call atrial fibrillation ‘holiday heart’ for a reason. 

  23. Forget all this negativity toward your hard work. Got any plans on Friday? Wanna go camping?

  24. You got hammered basically more or less every week with doing 10+ beers? Cirrhosis.exe

  25. I’ve been tracking mine as well and would like to make something similar. What tool did you use to create this?

  29. Average amount of beers (eq) per day – is incorrect. It’s not an average, it’s just the count of days with the number of beers consumed. I’d rather call it – daily beer consumption.

  30. I assume your “best notes” are meant as reminders to steer you off from drinking as heavily the next year? They do look like a whiteboard of mistakes and warnings.

  31. Okay wow it’s only been 38 minutes and this kinda blew up. A few things:

    1. The people saying that this is the average drinking of a European university student are really not that far of. When I’m in my study association’s pub, the average glasses per week of the people there is probably 30. I’ve met people that drink way more than that. The drinking culture in universities really is that big. I met another guy that also tracked his drinking, but he had what I had times 2. Easily hitting 25+ beers twice a week.
    2. The heart problems are not directly caused by the alcohol (though the alcohol will most likely put extra load on my heart yes). My heart will sometimes have weak “attacks” where I feel pressure on my chest and a sharp sting right in the center. I prefer to keep private what causes these attacks, but tiredness, drugs (including stuff like caffeine) and alcohol do increase the chance of it happening. The attacks don’t have a lasting/permanent effect on my heart, but in the moment they do obviously hurt a lot. I already receive medical attention from my doctor for this, so no self-diagnose here.
    3. Continuing from bullet 2, the quote “15 beer only ending in tipsy but with heart problems. Concerning. Impressive. Both. Neither. You decide.” needs some extra context because people are misinterpreting it. I was drinking the whole day with friends, and after 15 beers I was still just tipsy (because I drank quite slow). I was doing fine so just kept going (the day wasn’t over), but suddenly I got quite an aggressive attack that _figuratively_ “knocked me out” and had to spend quite long to recover from it. So I decided to stop drinking for the rest of the day. So the “Concerning. Impressive. Both. Neither. You decide.” part refers to the fact that I drank 15 beers and only got tipsy. And the “but with heart problems.” refers to the fact I had to stop because of the attack. I absolutely do not think it’s impressive that I got an attack, as some people seem to conclude from the quote. (Why would I be? It hurts like hell. Not like I want it…)
    4. I don’t know why people think I think I’m “cool” because I drink this much. I don’t think I’m “cool” at all. The whole reason that I tracked it was because I knew I drank a lot and wanted to visualise it so that I can help myself reduce (which is very slowly happening).

  32. As someone who now feels like they drank similarly to this in their 20s, I hope this data convinces you to cut back. It really is a waste of money and a waste of damage being done to your body.

    My data at this point is extremely boring. I might have 3 yellow days for last year, and 2 of those were while traveling. A red or black evening would probably kill me at this point. I no longer drink much due to an esophagus problem. It doesn’t close fully at my stomach, so I get horrible heartburn from acid reflux if I drink more than about 1 beer or eat too much.

    You should try 1 month completely sober or only with meals. Find new friends too. You’re probably drinking this much because they’re boring and you’re all depressed. Maybe find something more fulfilling to do with your time and money?

    There’s a huge difference between alcohol use and alcohol abuse.

  33. this looks like my first year of studying hahaha

    It’s defo not sustainable, my pro-tip: focus all you can on monday, tuesday, wednesday thursday. Start the drinking from thursday evening to saturday. You’re not missing much on the sun – wed anyway

  34. As someone currently losing weight to get healthier, all I can think about is the fucking ridiculous number of calories you’re drinking every day.

    Did you track your weight as well?

  35. Away from the judging & preaching, I have a suggestion for you. Your BEQ system already has a relevant scale, it’s alcohol units. Very simple and widely used here : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_drink](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_drink)

    (edit- when I say simple I mean our UK system.

    One unit of alcohol equals one percentage point per litre, of any alcoholic beverage.

    volume (in litres)Ă—alcohol by volume (ABV)=alcohol content (units of alcohol)

    The standard UK units of alcohol in a drink can be determined by multiplying the volume of the drink (expressed in litres) by its percentage ABV. For example, a standard 750 millilitres (25 US fl oz) bottle of wine at 12% ABV contains:

    0.75 L×12%=9 units

    One UK standard measure of spirits (25ml, 0.025 L) at 40% ABV contains:

    0.025 L×40%=1 unit

    One imperial pint (568ml, 0.568 L) of beer at 4% ABV contains:

    0.568 L×4%=2.27 units

    In the UK, both volume and ABV are usually given on bottles, drinks menus and so on, and so are easy to retrieve.

  36. I should track all of mine too. But i mean “all” liter and what type and also non alcohol.
    How much Soda did i trink
    How much Coffee
    How much alcohol (it will be very littel tbh i dont really drink unless in company or at some event)

  37. If we would duel who drinks more in a year you could pick any full week of January and beat me with that.

  39. This is disconcerting. OP, gently, I think you should consider whether you might have a drinking problem. Or maybe you’re aware? It’s hard to tell haha

  41. 1. I like how you account for a ‘margin of error’ in your data. “The more alcohol you consumer, the less able you become to keep track of how many beers you drink. So the entered number could not be completely correct.’ – Which is a very accurate statement in my experience.

    2. “Party on Slurms, party on.”

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