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Common sense? It depends how long we are gone. Typically 1-2 for me. I can have a beer and dinner and drive home an hour later...one beer doesn't make me buzzed!

Ie I don't go to happy hour, have a martini on an empty stomach, then bail within half an hour, heh.

I think the safe amount I can recall from a driving class is two beers for men and one for women on average per hour. I stick to that. I wait longer for liquor because I rarely drink it so it affects me more. I usually won't drink liquor at all if I'm going to drive, actually.

I f I'm eating I will have two drinks, like two glasses of wine. We usually go out for at least three hours, and with a full meal I'm comfortable assuming my body can process a drink an hour.

If I'm driving, I don't drink. I would rather not risk it.

2 max (but usually not that much) and I won't drive for at least an hour after finishing the last one. Oh, and I always eat something. But really, I usually don't drink or have just one glass of wine.

Usually just one drink, WITH food and finished at least an hour before leaving.

I just don't drink when we're out. I'm so paranoid about DUIs. They are expensive life ruiners, and cops in Texas are always on the hunt. Plus, with so many drunk drivers on the road, I want all my faculties when I'm behind the wheel. The risks just aren't worth it to me at all.

Lots of factors but mainly 1-2. DH was pulled over on Saturday and had to take a sobriety test. He passed but he said his entire career flashed before his eyes and he's never been so scared in his life. For the record he was pulled over b/c registration was up.

1 max if I'm somewhere for 4 hours or less. If I'd been 8 hours somewhere then I'd have 2 through the day.
My DH is a policeman so keeps me right with the legalities of how much is ok or he wouldn't get in the car!

We are in chicago so I rarely deal with this too. But I am such a drinking lightweight (since I rarely drink) that I never really feel comfortable driving if I have had anything at all.

@avivoca: same. I don't drink at all,if I'm going to drive.

Uber just came to our city so I'm excited about the future possibilities. Drunk driving is common here and it makes me super uncomfortable when we're out late. I only have one drink if we're driving and DH rarely drinks. He's a lightweight so if he's drinking, I won't.

My limit is 1-2 drinks, depending on the drink, the amount of time we're out and how much I have eaten.

One with dinner for me...or if we are out for the night and I am DD, I may have two earlier in the night (beer only!). If I know I will be around for at least three hours, I know that's enough time for it to leave my system. I think it's just about getting to know how you feel after one or two. If I can feel it at all, I will not drive.

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i would have one to two max, depending on how long i am out.

I remember hearing the one drink per hour rule when i was younger, but i would never, for example, have 5 drinks in 5 hours and then drive home!! I think you have to be reasonable with and take that with a grain of salt. And even if i have just one drink, i would wait more than an hour before driving.

We keep breathalyzers in our cars, so we don't have to make that call. It takes all the guess work and risk out of it.

Usually 1-2 drinks. 2 only if I'm there for a while. I never really drink more than 2 drinks anyways though. And if I'm with my husband I have him drive if I've been drinking at all (he doesn't drink).

My friend has a portable breathalyzer thing and I tried it out once when we were out and was surprised how much it took for me to be over the limit. I think I have a pretty low tolerance so I definitely felt too drunk to drive before I was over the limit (but I drink infrequently so that is not shocking). So I generally feel like if I feel okay to drive then I'm certainly under the limit.

@Mae: yeah, I once had three beers within 90 minutes, and then used a friends breathalyzer about 30 mins later and was still under the limit.

Honestly, I generally go by how I feel.

@hummusgirl: I will have one if we will be there more than 2 hours. For a baseball game, we get there early, I will have 1 an hour before the game, and split one with my husband. So 1.5 and then drive 4 hours later.