How many units [poll]

[chthon]

It's all ******** promoted by neo temperance movement scaring the government into how costly alcohol related issues are for the NHS.
Also trying to hide the fact that we need to effectively ration NHS due to cost & available trained staff numbers.

If you follow "Shut up about Barclay-Perkins" you can see that it is not so neo, especially in Britain. Here on the continent it is less, but I have the impression that certain elements of Dutch Protestantism have crept into the medical world to do the same.

 

[Dazzelknight]

Billy Connolly once said whilst performing in Jersey “it’s like 80,000 alcoholics clinging to a rock” you can guess which category I fall into.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

i am 70 years old i like a drink always have, i worked all my life to live not the other way round and i have bloody well enjoyed it so far, and i have only been in hospital 4 times and one of those was when i was born, i paid in for 40 odd years so the nhs owe's me on that rekoning so all those who like to tell people how to live feck off and go enjoy yourself

 

[Gyro]

I'm half proud and half ashamed to admit that I can do pretty much double the high amount most weeks. A bottle of wine a night most nights plus a few beers on the rare occasions I get to go out can add up pretty quickly. I do try to give my long suffering liver a rest every few months though.

 

[Rodcx500z]

Just for one moment imagine living a life were you are counting kcals sugar intake red meat butter full fat milk units of alcohol, well i am 71 now i had 2 not 1 lovely lamb steaks boiled spuds and cabbage for my dinner with a 2L bottle of cider and it wer bloody lovely, now on the hazy jane, so to all the lilly livered folks who think they know best feck off and take a hike you sad feckers

 

[jof]

There is a lot to be said about enjoying your time rather than eeking out an extra few years only to spend them in a nursing home or as a perceived burden to your family.

 

[Rodcx500z]

It gets worse, imagine dieing being fit as a fiddle what a waste

 

[Rodcx500z]

I have always told my loved ones the first time i am told by a doctor i have not got long left, i will be gone, bottle of whiskey some pills on a beach listening to the surf

 

[Leon103]

During my recent stay in hospital the nurse brought out the alcohol chart and asked how many units did i drink. Nit knowing how many I drank I said 14, based in her chart. She said that was good but at the limit and I would feel better if I halved it.

It actually turns out it's less. I had 5 drinks over the weekend and that was 12 units. From now on I am using the formula to work it out as I don't tend to drink from a pint glass. Abv×vol/1000 =units.

 

[The-Engineer-That-Brews]

I will say that since I’ve cut down my trousers have stopped shrinking ;-)

 

[Chippy_Tea]

I will say that since I’ve cut down my trousers have stopped shrinking ;-)

If i could cut down on the snacks and just drink the beer mine would probably do that, i have tried and failed many times.