Oh Dear! It seems we are a nation of binge drinkers! Or at least regular bingers.
A binge drinker is someone who consumes more than 6 units - for women, or 8 units for men - in one sitting. A bottle of wine contains 9 units - which means that 4 glasses of 125ml wine is tops - any more and you are a binge drinker.
I don't like being called a binge drinker (of which I am guilty sometimes) - it disturbs me. It puts one on the level of slapper or hoydenish behaviour. Not nice.
More than 6 units for women and 8 units for men in one session. Those are the facts..
Does this mean that if at lunch time you have 6 units of alcohol - no more, and then at supper you have 6 units - no more - are you not a binger then? The medics or experts said per session - they need to clarify this. Also - some people are able to consume more than this and they are completely sober.
The other thing - surely it depends on ones weight? If one is thin you can't drink much and if you are too fat - 7 units won't affect you.
My favourite tipple is fizzy wine - Champagne, English Sparkling wine etc. I know it’s very bad to mix drinks so best to stick to one variety at a time. Mixing can have terrible consequences.
But this news shook me up. Enough to watch the units.
It is certainly food for thought.
A binge drinker is someone who consumes more than 6 units - for women, or 8 units for men - in one sitting. A bottle of wine contains 9 units - which means that 4 glasses of 125ml wine is tops - any more and you are a binge drinker.
I don't like being called a binge drinker (of which I am guilty sometimes) - it disturbs me. It puts one on the level of slapper or hoydenish behaviour. Not nice.
More than 6 units for women and 8 units for men in one session. Those are the facts..
Does this mean that if at lunch time you have 6 units of alcohol - no more, and then at supper you have 6 units - no more - are you not a binger then? The medics or experts said per session - they need to clarify this. Also - some people are able to consume more than this and they are completely sober.
The other thing - surely it depends on ones weight? If one is thin you can't drink much and if you are too fat - 7 units won't affect you.
My favourite tipple is fizzy wine - Champagne, English Sparkling wine etc. I know it’s very bad to mix drinks so best to stick to one variety at a time. Mixing can have terrible consequences.
But this news shook me up. Enough to watch the units.
It is certainly food for thought.
