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.