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. 2020 Mar 4;26(3):270–277. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2018.0307

Table 1.

NIAAA Definition of Standard Drink and Binge Drinking21

STANDARD DRINK BINGE DRINKING
 • Any drink that contains about 14 g of pure alcohol
(about 0.6 oz. or 1.2 tablespoons), or
• 12 oz. of beer or cooler (∼5% alcohol), or
• 8–9 oz. of malt liquor (∼7% alcohol), or
• 5 oz. of table wine (∼12% alcohol), or
• 1.5 oz. of 80-proof distilled spirits (40% alcohol)
• For males: Five or more alcoholic drinks on the same occasion at least 1 day a month, or
• For females: Four or more alcoholic drinks on the same occasion at least 1 day a month, or
Average daily consumption of more than two standard drinks in men and one standard drink in women and/or there is one or more RSOD within the last month. Any consumption of alcohol in a single timeframe that raises BAC of 0.08 at least 1 day in a month.

BAC, blood alcohol concentration; NIAAA, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; RSOD, risky single occasion drinking.