Is 50 UK units of Alcohol a week dangerous?

I know 50 units is quite above recommended levels but could that much cause liver damage etc even if it’s taken evenly over the week. 3 beers a day and a bottle of wine on a Saturday. Is is healthier to pace all the drinks like this?

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Reply 1

black tea

Yes

Reply 2

StriderHort

Your drinking problem isn't healthy no matter how you try to tweak it or how much you ask us to indulge you.

Reply 3

Admit-One

Universities Forum Helper

Given that the NHS recommendation is “to drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week, spread across 3 days or more” then the answer to the thread title is yes, undoubtedly.

And that’s not taking into account other factors like falling asleep outdoors.

Reply 4

Anonymous #2

I probably have like 50-60 a week and I'm still here. it's not healthy but it's not gonna kill you until you're like 60

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Reply 5

User_name001

Your drinking as it is and Alcohol is injurious to health so no it ain’t healthy

Reply 6

Anonymous #3

Original post by Anonymous

I probably have like 50-60 a week and I'm still here. it's not healthy but it's not gonna kill you until you're like 60

I work in healthcare and I have seen people die in their 30s from alcohol misuse.

Reply 7

Anonymous #2

Original post by Anonymous

I work in healthcare and I have seen people die in their 30s from alcohol misuse.

People who are drinking like a litre of vodka a day though

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Reply 8

Anonymous #3

Original post by Anonymous

People who are drinking like a litre of vodka a day though

Nope, not necessarily.

Reply 9

Anonymous #2

Original post by Anonymous

Nope, not necessarily.

50 units a week won't kill you in your 30s

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Reply 10

StriderHort

Original post by Anonymous

I probably have like 50-60 a week and I'm still here. it's not healthy but it's not gonna kill you until you're like 60

Lots of ruined lives would disagree. Silly thing to claim really.

Reply 11

Anonymous #2

Original post by StriderHort

Lots of ruined lives would disagree. Silly thing to claim really.

"Ruined lives" isn't the same thing as it killing you though

Reply 12

Anonymous #3

Original post by Anonymous

50 units a week won't kill you in your 30s

You are welcome to believe what you want to believe.

Reply 13

Sinnoh

Original post by Anonymous

The recommended limit of 13-ish units already assumes you're spreading it evenly across the week.

Reply 14

StriderHort

Original post by Anonymous

"Ruined lives" isn't the same thing as it killing you though

Oh it absolutely can be, and I'm counting friends & families.

And we'll, I've seen alcohol abuse leave people I knew in a long term state where death might be a kindness, no joke, and yes I mean people in their 30s who assume this sort of thing doesn't happen to them.

Reply 15

StriderHort

Original post by Anonymous

I still think it's pretty ridiculous to act like 50 units a week is at the stage of "ruining lives" or going to kill you

Yeah, shame it's correct. No one ever thinks it will get them and just deludes themselves that it happens to others. Its never not that amount of booze kills you dead, it's the complications it leads to, such as stepping into the road at the wrong time, saying the wrong thing and beaten to death or developing a nervous system issue that causes you to try and claw your face apart like an animal and live a life on opiates (my old friend, in his 30s I remind you) I've had the misfortune to see all of these events up close and I know you aren't immune to or above any of them.

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Reply 16

Gazpacho.

Original post by Anonymous

I still think it's pretty ridiculous to act like 50 units a week is at the stage of "ruining lives" or going to kill you

50 units a week is absolutely fine. Until one day you wake up with a yellow tint to your skin.

You are using the same reasoning we see in smokers until they get lung cancer or the obese until they get the T2D diagnosis.

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Reply 17

Cotes1

Original post by Anonymous

It is. Just cut back.

Reply 18

Admit-One

Universities Forum Helper

Could I just be expressly clear and repeat that a good friend’s spouse died in their 30’s of alcohol misuse.

It does happen and hand waving about units or litres of vodka is unhelpful.