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Hey there - I'm the author. Didn't expect this to make it here.

But to address your point: Yes, I for sure had a problem and the title understates it. I just wanted to write in a light hearted way for two reasons:

1) I knew my mom would read the post so didn't wanna worry her. 2) Alcoholism is a serious topic and hard to talk about, but when you tell your buds it makes life easier. And having a sense of humor makes things way easier to discuss...so that's my attempt to be humorous about a serious topic.

True, but in my experience many people keep up the weekend binges well into adulthood, and for some it progresses to (more) serious forms of alcohol dependence.

I think an article like this might do a lot of good precisely by understating this binging behavior, as it emphasizes the benefits of not binging without focusing too much on how bad binge-drinking is.

This is one of the few cases in which the linkbait title actually works against the article.