In my mind, no. Binge drinking is drinking with the intention to get drunk. I guess if you got drunk off those 3, and thats what you intended, than yes, it would be binge drinking.
However, I remember a pamphlet handed out at my highschool that said females could have 9 drinks a weeks, with no more than 2 on any given day (so 2 two day a week and just 1 on the other 5 days), an males could have 14, with no more than 2 a day (so 2 every day). More than this was considered binge drinking, whether it was 3 in a day for anyone, or if a female had more than one drink more than twice a week. I believe that was published by the canadian gov't so according to them, you'd be an alcoholic!
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I guess it depends on exactly what type of drinks they are. If they're beer, then no. But if it's a very strong mixed drink, then maybe.
How much do you normally drink? Will three drinks get you so blitzed you pee on the neighbor's lawn then fall asleep in it face down? If that's the case, then I would consider that binge drinking.
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3 drinks is not binge drinking. Most of the criteria say 5 or more drinks in a very short period of time. And this would occur more than one night a week - usually 3 times in a week or 2. So there would have to be a pattern of this type of drinking. It would not count if this only occurred at a party for instance that does not occur frequently.

Definition off http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?article_set=36755&cat_id=20333&dn=studenthealthzone&lic=180

"Binge drinking used to mean drinking heavily over several days. Now, however, the term refers to the heavy consumption of alcohol over a short period of time (just as binge eating means a specific period of uncontrolled overeating).

Today the generally accepted definition of binge drinking in the United States is the consumption of five or more drinks in a row by men — or four or more drinks in a row by women — at least once in the previous 2 weeks. Heavy binge drinking includes three or more such episodes in 2 weeks."

http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/files/2009/08/beer.jpg

http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/binge_drink.html
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?article_set=36755&cat_id=20333&dn=studenthealthzone&lic=180
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE57G5CP20090817
Source(s):
http://kidshealth.org/teen/drug_alcohol/alcohol/binge_drink.html
http://kidshealth.org/PageManager.jsp?article_set=36755&cat_id=20333&am...
http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE57G5CP20090817

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