The recommended upper limit for alcohol intake is 21 units per week for men, 14 for women. How much alcohol do you drink? Calculator: http://www.bupa.co.uk/health_information/asp/healthy_living/lifestyle/alcohol/alctest.asp
i rarely drink. so 98% of the time i'd be 0 units a week. the other 2% 3-4 (not drinking makes you a light weight when you do drink) now asked this same question about 6 years ago and the answer would have been different. :tongue:
I was reading about the optimum amount you should drink - small amounts of alcohol are really good for relaxing your heart and preventing heart disease. The lowest number of deaths occur in people who drink between 8 and 13 units per week. (Though not all at once!) If you drink either less or more than that amount you are at greater risk of dying apparently
:O When i was in France i drank that amount, even as a tiny kid Now i drink about 2 glasses of wine a week...sometimes a little more and sometimes absolutely zero I may have to start adding the stuff to everything imaginable again
occaisionally a 4 pack with the weekly if I feel exuberant. Whisky sits in the cupboard for about 2 shots a week.
I can't write when I've been drinking, so I tend to drink nothing all week and then have maybe a couple of pints on one day off, or get drunk if going out....
Oooer... that link posted gave me a figure of 47 units per week and that was guesstimating... To my credit I only drink good quality alcohol- fine wines, local ales and funky spirits but they will fuck you up anyway. Annoying thing is, if in the office late the drinks and joints come out around 5/6 and will go on until we can't be arsed to work anymore (11/12/later). Also, DJing out a lot means I'm often payed in booze and a lot of my friends are quite heavy drinkers which doesn't help. I wouldn't mind cutting down but I enjoy it and I hardly ever get totally shitfaced, maybe like once a month or so. The rest of the time it's just chilling etc. Bah booze bollocks
I only ever drink on nights out. I might have a tin or eight every weekend in a blue moon. On nights out...blergh.
I drink more than the 14 I should but not excessively more and I don't drink every day or binge drink. Although if cutting down a little bit is good for me might try it.
this is totally true ... i'll vouch for that. though i think you might have been right that i don't act my age.
I'm not actually! Bare in mind you see me mainly at Festivals and then i do definetely exceed the 1-10...but during the week im studying so dont drink so much really..