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Sounds rather much for one person in one month.

24 cans of beer? Depending on the size that's between 8 and 14 litres a month, about 1.8-3.2 litres a week. At 4% that's at most 13 UK units per week (assuming you buy large cans) -- guidelines are 14 units per week. For say 330ml cans of Tiger it's 8 units a week, that's not a lot for one person.

Maybe you are confusing the word "guideline" here with actual recommendation. You are not suppose to be drinking 14 units per week. You are not suppose to even be drinking every week. In any case you still as much light wine as you can reasonably consume. 2 bottles of liquor and half a bottle of fortified wine on top of your beer. If you consume even that much everyone month I'd be calling you an alcoholic.

Someone drinking an average of 6x 33ml cans of 4.3% beer a week would not be called an alcoholic in any normal conversation. That's 4.4 litres of alcohol a year - less than half the US intake (9.8l), less than Norway (7.5l) and would fit well in the bottom half of countries by alcohol intake.

The ability to drink other things (scotch, wine, etc) is irrelevant if you only drink beer.

If only there was people who only drank one beer everyday and never more, however it is these same people who have the need to drink one beer every day that drink most at parties and get togethers or just in general over the week end.

Maybe it is just the lives I've seen ruined by alcohol that as made me grumpy about alcohol consumpsion, but I would be concerned if someone is drinking enough to have a hangover every weekend.

I don't see how you could get a hangover from drinking 6x330ml cans of beer in a single evening, let alone across a week. You evidently have a chip on your shoulder over alcohol

2 cans a beer a day would not be excessive by most standards, that would add up to 60 cans a month.

24 cans of beer consumed in one sitting would be excessive.

Is it really so common to drink alcohol every day?

Depends on culture, both national and local. In some it's very common (like my dad has a beer every day after work, or France / Italy where a glass of wine at lunch is not uncommon).

Light wine was specifically exempt from the rules

I suspect it's not uncommon to find people who have wine nearly every day. Someone who is drinking two beers on many days is likely to have six on some days, making up for the odd day that they have zero.

The actual quota is less than one can per day, though, which seem too strict to me (with respect to a government restriction, I mean).

A glass of wine after work to wind down is pretty popular no? (Culture: scandinavia)

It’s not in the UK at any rate, the average varies between 12 and 17 units of alcohol per week depending on age with most of that falling on Fridays and Saturdays. 2 cans of beer per day works out at 28 units, so is certainly substantially more than average. I would guess there is a bubble affect though, most of my friends drink only on special occasions line parties, and regular drinking at home would be perceived as alcoholic behaviour by most of them.

Well either its has changed since I lived there or your friends are not big drinkers. Regular drinking was not seen as anything out of the ordinary in the west country and London.

Editing to add - it is a good thing if it has changed.

There was a post here where having a cocktail after work every day (in NYC IIRC?) was mentioned, the consensus seemed to me like that is a normal amount while for me that would have been too much even when I was a student and could tolerate a lot more alcohol (of course, purely by amount I’d have made it up on the weekend).

I almost feel the opposite: drinking every day is too much. One night out once a month is okay. (not drinking 24 bottles a night, though, except when celebrating Russ)

Same here.

Last time I drank alcohol was pre-COVID. I only drank 1-3 a month and only 2-4 beers and 2-4 shots.

I've known plenty of daily drinkers and I have no idea how they do it. If I have even one drink I can notice the effects the next day. Not that I'll be hung over per se, but just a little more tired, little less focused, little less patient with my kids.

So, I don't drink very often (I don't abstain completely either). Drinking every day seems like something that would really take a lot out of me.

Seems designed to move people from beer to wine and spirits? Or into home brewing?

Probably a thriving market in non-drinkers selling their quotas, too

It’s one bourbon, one scotch, and one beer per day, swapping for wine on Sundays.

More than I get through, but low for a serious boozer.

I imagine that's the idea. Enough for one person with some margins. If you start buying beyond the quota, i.e. presumed to be buying for other people, then you'll have trouble.

A month? You couldn't keep a Royal Navy seaman in grog for a week on that.

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