Maybe it was because it was New Year's. Or you were at a wedding. Or maybe it was just another Manic Monday.

But chances are you probably went on a drinking binge. Because according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (and echoing Miley Cyrus), there's a constant party in the USA.

The report shows almost all of us do it—and all too often. Not only do adults binge drink more frequently than ever but they consume more drinks when they do. One in six adults in the United States binge drinks, usually four times a month, and consume an average of eight drinks per occasion—news that seems, at the very least, nauseating.

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