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Those people who drink an average four glassess of wine and beer a week are prone to suffer from binge drinking.
This was the result of a study made by the the University of Montreal and University of Western Ontario both in Canada where researchers discovered that that Canadians from all ages regardless of gender, who regularly drink liquor end up suffering from binge drinking.
Binge drinking is defined as the drinking of alcoholic beverages with the primary intention of becoming intoxicated by heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time.
Researchers also found our in their study that purposeful drinking style that is popular in several countries worldwide, and overlaps somewhat with social drinking since it is often done in groups.

Those who drink an average four glasses of beer and wine a week are most likely to suffer from binge drinking.

The researchers from both universities also found out that infrequent drinkers rarely exceed two servings when they do consume alcoholic beverages
The co-author of the study Andrée Demers, a Université de Montréal sociology professor and director of the Research Group on the Social Aspects of Health and Prevention explained the relationship between drinking frequency and consumption per occasion might be both cultural and biological.
Demers revealed the Canadian drinking culture has a ‘time-out’ depiction of drinking wherein alcohol is a boundary mark between week and weekend, work and leisure, and therefore between routine and time off.
He said regardless of drinking preferences, the study found that many Canadians consume alcoholic beverages on a daily basis to experience its mood-altering affects.
To get the data, the researchers revealed close to 11,000 respondents consisting of 5,743 women and 4,723 men were asked to report on their alcohol consumption within the last 12 months.