How many beers do you drink a week?

I had a physical last week just to get clearance to run from my doctor. Everything went real well and he said that statistically I'm a low risk candidate for anything catastrophic to happen while running the marathon. Low risk, what the hell does that mean? That scared me a bit.

Before I left the doctor asked me "how many beers do you drink in a week?". After 12 years of medical school this is the best he can come up with. The conversation went something like this:

Doc: How many beers do you drink a week?
Dave: What week?

Doc: I mean the average per week
Dave: Ya see Doc that's a real tough question to answer. I don't have a lot of average weeks. I have weeks that a real shitty and that's when I drink nightly, usually 2-4 beers a night, unless of course its a weekend then it could be 10-12. Now if it's a weekend of a shitty week during the hot summer, I could pop off 18-24 if I start early enough in the day. Now if it's a good week I may not drink at all, even on the weekend. If I do drink during a good week it's usually only on one night for one or two beers, unless I'm watching the Sox or Pats, then it could be 6 or 7 during the game. If I'm on vacation during a good week, I might be around 15-18, unless of course the kid's are with us, then I usually only have one beer at dinner.

Doc: Um okay, well keep an eye on that!