Alchohol

[McNoodle]

What's your weekly intake - according to the governments 'questionable' unit approach?

[joggerjayne]

Don't know. Shedloads :-)

[joggerjayne]

The best thing about my trusty wine box of pinot grigio is that you can't see it going down (until it runs out, which is always a bummer).

[McNoodle]

Is that an official government measurement then? "Remember, responsible drinkers stick to one shedload a week"!

[joggerjayne]

I think it should be.

After all, if someone tells you they consumed 14.5 units last night, you're not sure what they had.

But if they say "christ, I drank shedloads last night", then you know where they're coming from.

It's all about clarity of communication. x

[Panic Button]

I used up my lifetime allowance in my twenties.

I'm a good boy now

[Nosha123]

without being too sensible.. what is interesting is that there are now MORE units in a bottle of wine compared to years ago - as the ABV content has increased so much over the years.. I was trying to find some wine recently that was lower in alcohol (without being alocohol free!) and the lowest I could find was about 10%.. I'm sure years ago the wines were much more like 9% and 10% as an average - unlike todays 13%!

[tigwig]

I drink around 4-5 bottles of wine a week, usually half to three quarters of a bottle in a session unless I am out (which isn't very often) I always start the week with good intentions and don't drink on a Monday but by Tuesday I fancy a drink but don't always have one but the rest of the week I do! My hubby drinks 5-6 cans a night around 4-5 times a week too.

[jake-the-peg]

You might not like the answer to what a safe limit is but that's hardly the Government's fault!

They'll tell you the safe limit for cigarettes is none - do you want to question that?

They're not going to come around and ration you after all.

Personally mine is now 0 and has been for the last 8 years.

Before that it was probably about 70 units on an average week but more importantly it'd been several years since I'd had an alcohol free day

I too have handed the torch to a younger generation