Alcohol Limits

Most people enjoy a drink, and one or two units of alcohol a day can have a moderate protective effect against heart disease for men over 40 and post-menopausal women. However alcohol misuse by some people is causing two major, though largely distinct problems. On the one hand there is the crime and anti-social behaviour in town and city centres, and on the other hand the health problems caused by binge- and chronic drinking.The new Government guidelines on alcohol consumption describe what sensible drinking looks like from a health point of view

The New Government Alcohol Guidelines

Everyone needs to understand about alcohol, and make their own informed decisions. Currently around a quarter of the UK population drink more than the weekly recommended guidelines, and this can affect their health. There comes a point in most people's lives when they need to take stock of their relationship with alcohol before it affects their life.

So what are the sensible drinking guidelines? The Government's official guidelines have subtly changed over the years from a straight figure of a number of units per week, to a daily guide, as binge drinking was recognised to be an increasing problem.

The old guidelines -

• Up to 21 units a week for men
• Up to 14 units a week for women

The new guidelines -

• Maximum of 3-4 units a day for men
• Maximum of 2-3 units a day for women
• 2 alcohol free days after heavy drinking
• Continued consumption at the upper level is not advised

So what is a unit? Well actually it is 10ml of pure alcohol, but we have to work out for ourselves how much drink this 10ml is hidden in, and here are the usual guidelines -

• 1/2 pint of 3.5% beer, lager or cider
• 1 small (125ml) glass of 9% wine
• 1 (25ml) pub measure of 40% spirit

1 in 5 people who drink will have a major alcohol problem in their life

The trouble is these are old measures of weaker drinks because -

• Many bottled beers are 4-5%, continental lagers are closer to 5%, while extra strong lagers can be up to 9%
• Who uses small wine glasses now? Certainly not pubs, and probably not at home either. Plus most wines are now 11-13%
• Many pubs now serve 35ml measures of spirits as standard, and some pubs serve doubles unless you specially ask for a single measure
• A 330ml bottle of alcopop at 5% is 1.7 units

So we are all drinking more than we think, because we don't convert the old guidelines into the real life drinks we're drinking now.

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