moderate drinking
Controlled alcohol consumption
Moderate drinking refers to alcohol consumption at levels considered low-risk for health problems—typically defined as up to one drink daily for women, two for men.
The threshold varies by country and keeps shifting as research accumulates.
Her doctor said moderate drinking was fine, but she wasn't sure what that meant.
The phrase often appears in health guidelines and debates about alcohol's risks and benefits.
- responsibleObligated to answer for actions
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
- wineFermented grape beverage
- beerFermented grain drink
- cocktailsAlcoholic blended beverages
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- drinkingbooze, liquor, guzzling, gulping, chugging
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binge drinking · alcohol abuse · problem drinking · overindulgence · getting wasted
moderate drinkingteetotalism
Total sobriety as principle
abstinence · sobriety · abstaining · going dry · temperance
moderate drinkingalcoholism
Addiction to drinking
alcohol dependence · alcohol addiction · dipsomania · chronic alcoholism · substance abuse
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