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How much alcohol is it okay to drink in a day?

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Original post by Anonymous
I'm trying to cut back a little bit while also recognising that I'll only be young once and I shouldn't waste it being over cautious about health


Do you believe that amount of alcohol that you’re drinking in a day is ok?
Original post by Talkative Toad
Do you believe that amount of alcohol that you’re drinking in a day is ok?


I think it is for now but I accept that it could affect my health in the future
Original post by Anonymous
I'm trying to cut back a little bit while also recognising that I'll only be young once and I shouldn't waste it being over cautious about health

You need to halve the amount you're drinking, and even then it will still be over the NHS limit of 14 units.

You have a point, but 3-4 drinks is what, maybe alright for a once a week thing. Even 2x a week may be too much.
Original post by Anonymous
I'm trying to cut back a little bit while also recognising that I'll only be young once and I shouldn't waste it being over cautious about health

You are a problem drinker

You will cause yourself helath and/or Criminal Justice System issues sooner rather than later as in weeks to months
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Original post by ActiveEccentric
You need to halve the amount you're drinking, and even then it will still be over the NHS limit of 14 units.

You have a point, but 3-4 drinks is what, maybe alright for a once a week thing. Even 2x a week may be too much.


I'm trying (albeit not very hard) to cut back to 1-2 drinks a night when I'm drinking alone and then not monitoring it in social situations
Original post by Miss Pulford
You are a problem drinker

you weill cause yourself helath and/or Criminla lJustic System issues sooner rather than later as in weeks to months


I'm not going to cause criminal justice problems by having half a bottle of wine while I watch tv in bed haha, but the potential health issues are why I'm trying to cut back a bit
Original post by Anonymous
I think it is for now but I accept that it could affect my health in the future

So what’s the point in asking how much alcohol is it okay to drink in a day if everyone else has told you that you’re way above the recommended 14 units a week? If you’re not going to listen or take the advice.
Original post by Talkative Toad
So what’s the point in asking how much alcohol is it okay to drink in a day if everyone else has told you that you’re way above the recommended 14 units a week? If you’re not going to listen or take the advice.


I am taking the advice to some extent, I tried to go a week sober but ended up giving up halfway through but I've had way more sober days in the last few weeks than it the years before
Original post by Anonymous
I am taking the advice to some extent, I tried to go a week sober but ended up giving up halfway through but I've had way more sober days in the last few weeks than it the years before

I mean you don’t have to go cold turkey straight away, you can start by drinking less or by getting advice from GP.
Original post by Talkative Toad
I mean you don’t have to go cold turkey straight away, you can start by drinking less or by getting advice from GP.


I'm trying to cut down to 1-2 drinks a day when I'm drinking alone and then just not monitoring it if I'm drinking in social situations
Original post by Anonymous
I'm trying to cut down to 1-2 drinks a day when I'm drinking alone and then just not monitoring it if I'm drinking in social situations


I see, well good luck then.
With that response to Miss Pulford’s post I reckon you are taking the p*ss with us - literally.
Are you being deliberately stupid? Do you really want to fail your year? Your degree & go crying back home with your tail between your legs?
A failed degree won’t be the only thing you will have failed at in life. Stop being so naive - those other students are not smashed out of their brains everyday like you. They are in control. Grafting and will pass their exams. You either accept you have a major problem and take the advice to get help or you don’t. Your call. Capiche.

Original post by Anonymous
I'm trying to cut back a little bit while also recognising that I'll only be young once and I shouldn't waste it being over cautious about health
Original post by Anonymous
With that response to Miss Pulford’s post I reckon you are taking the p*ss with us - literally.
Are you being deliberately stupid? Do you really want to fail your year? Your degree & go crying back home with your tail between your legs?
A failed degree won’t be the only thing you will have failed at in life. Stop being so naive - those other students are not smashed out of their brains everyday like you. They are in control. Grafting and will pass their exams. You either accept you have a major problem and take the advice to get help or you don’t. Your call. Capiche.


I'm hardly "smashed out my brains every day" from 3 or 4 drinks, I barely even feel a slight buzz from it and I get up at 7 everyday and study for 8 hours a day, my grades are better now than they ever have been and I've been near the top of my class on some assignments.
I'm convinced the people like you in these replies have never drank in their life to think that 3 or 4 drinks (especially when you have built up a tolerance) is getting smashed haha
Original post by Anonymous
I'm hardly "smashed out my brains every day" from 3 or 4 drinks, I barely even feel a slight buzz from it and I get up at 7 everyday and study for 8 hours a day, my grades are better now than they ever have been and I've been near the top of my class on some assignments.
I'm convinced the people like you in these replies have never drank in their life to think that 3 or 4 drinks (especially when you have built up a tolerance) is getting smashed haha


Building up a tolerance is the concerning part...
Original post by black tea
Building up a tolerance is the concerning part...


I'm trying to cut back though, I've had more sober or one drink days in the past few weeks than in the years before that
Original post by Anonymous
I'm not going to cause criminal justice problems by having half a bottle of wine while I watch tv in bed haha, but the potential health issues are why I'm trying to cut back a bit

Morning After 'onecontinuous exhalation until the machine beeps... please' may well say otherwise ... Various Employers also have workforce wide drug and alcohol policies, set at the standard fo their most safety critical staff.
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Try buying those mini bottles of wine and having one of those instead of half a full bottle a night. They probably only have 2 units in. Just allow yourself one a night then go onto soft drinks or hot drinks if you feel the urge to drink. They seem more expensive but will probably cost the same or less than a half bottle.
Or get those individual cans of gin and tonic.

Try getting the lower alcohol version of those smaller wine bottles some nights.

If you have 5 or 6 of those a week, one a night, you will at least be under 14 units. You might eventually get down to 4 to 5 a week which is better than your current consumption - maybe 8 or 10 units.

Drink plenty of water or soft drinks in between glasses of wine to fill yourself up with fluid a bit. Drink plenty of non-alcoholic stuff before you start drinking alcohol of an evening.

Also try one or two nights night off on a regular basis to start with where you drink nothing.

Don't stock up too much on wine.

Have the alcohol free day at the end of the week when you have drunk all your alcohol. Otherwise, the temptation will be there if it's easy for you to pour a glass.

My sister had a drink problem so she gave up completely and drinks fruit drinks and soft drinks, making them appealing with chopped fruit and ice.

I don't tend to drink more than a bottle a week, on most weeks (I don't drink every week). I try and drink lower alcohol wine, so 6 or 7 units. It's more than is good for me but I like drinking wine too so I understand a bit where you are coming from. I use strategies like the above to manage it, if I start to feel I am drinking more than I should.

If you like drinking then you may find it hard to give it up, but at least if you cut down from 30 units a week to 10 or under this will do your health good. Then your GP won't wince when you say how much you drink.
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Original post by Anonymous
I'm hardly "smashed out my brains every day" from 3 or 4 drinks, I barely even feel a slight buzz from it and I get up at 7 everyday and study for 8 hours a day, my grades are better now than they ever have been and I've been near the top of my class on some assignments.
I'm convinced the people like you in these replies have never drank in their life to think that 3 or 4 drinks (especially when you have built up a tolerance) is getting smashed haha


The point I am making is carry on like you are then you will be off your head very soon except for a ‘normal’ drinker it would take them 3 - 4 drinks to feel drunk . You? Maybe a bottle of whiskey and a few cans before you feel the effects of it.
for your information I have had drinking sessions over the years at mega parties etc. & yes a few times where I was legless & had blinding lights . This was rare. However, in terms of weekly drinks? Not every night and perhaps two or three when out. You are poisoning your body and mind.
When you start drinking more - everyday , which you will then your grades will start slipping and the floor will beckon you. I am one of the coolest, most ‘it students’ you could ever meet. Confident, stylish, attractive - fit & clever . Life & soul of the crowd. I know how to chill and have a good time. My advice is informed having seen too many students, friends & my brothers older mates get caught in the drinking and addictions trap. It’s such a waste of beautiful lives . Anyone asking you to reduce or stop your drinking are advising you so from wisdom and lessons hard won. Be careful of your life choices. I wish you well .
Original post by Anonymous
I have about 3 or 4 drinks a day (probably about 30 units across a week) which I don't think is that many but apparently the recommended maximum is 14 units a week. There's no risk to my health from drinking the extent I do is there?

I'm 20, female, and a uni student so surely I'm only drinking the same amount as an average person my age, it's just that I drink alone across the week instead of going out and getting drunk/having all my weekly alcohol in one go on a Saturday night. I will usually have about half a bottle of wine or a few gin/vodka and tonics in the evening before I go to bed but I never really go out clubbing or get properly drunk.


I don't know, drinking alone sounds like a slippery slope to me.

How do people even drink - stuff tastes horrible
Original post by Anonymous

How do people even drink - stuff tastes horrible


You find the right poison

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