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How many units of alcohol a week do you drink?

Bobtheman

On average. I drink 30 units. Goggle what a unit is. A pint of larger is 2 units etc

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[Deleted User]

It depends. Since Friday I've had two bottles of beer. I'll have two tonight. Then a pint Tuesday maybe. Some weekends I'd drink more. I suppose it's an average of 7 to 8 units a week.

There's a bit of judgement in this thread. Drink affects us all in different ways and for many it can be a problem. For others it's an enjoyment without any of the negative behaviours. Also the craft beer industry has turned alcohol in to something that can be experienced in a different way, people being interested in different hops and how the drink is produced.

Thomyokk

250-300 some weeks binging

Either drink nothing or very moderately seems to be the best way with health concerns and drink driving laws

arybvtcw0eolkf

Kevin Finnerty wrote: »

That you Robert McCall?

I had to Google that and a few Robert McCall's came back in the search, so I'm sorry you've lost me

wakka12

Well smoking helps some people unwind and people use it as a social crutch as well, theyre both equally unhealthy really if overdone, glass houses and stones and all that!

arybvtcw0eolkf

bluewolf wrote: »

0 some weeks
1-3 other weeks
once in a while a bit more but i'm not a big drinker. especially compared to most of these posts...

I'd love to be like that but I genuinely enjoy the taste of beer.

Or I love a whiskey and reading in bed, from the time I wake in the morning my feet barely touch the ground so this is my time to chill and unwind.

One thing I hate is smoking, I think that's far worse than a drink. There's nothing positive about smoking but there's a lot to be said for a decent pint (and a bowl of chicken wings lol).

[Deleted User]

0 some weeks
1-3 other weeks
once in a while a bit more but i'm not a big drinker. especially compared to most of these posts...

oceanman

about 60 units a week on average, more at times like Christmas ect.

[Deleted User]

25 to 30 units would be pretty much the minimum. Could regularly get up to 60+ though on heavy weeks when there is events on (weddings, bank holidays, birthday days etc etc) and weeks like Christmas etc could see 100.

somesoldiers

24 units of Bulmers every month, 1 sitting

Shenshen

That's a hard one for me to estimate - I might not drink any alcohol for a couple of weeks, then maybe have 2 pints on a night out, or maybe have one at home sharing with the husband.
If I looked at an average over a year, I'd guess somewhere less than 1 unit a week.

Graces7

I read the above too and think it is accurate. Alcohol is at base a poison.

I have some kind of allergy as even a sip has a terrible effect .

And the effect on one of my neighbours would put anyone off for life.. I literally did not recognise him when he was drunk. Thought we had a new, mentally and physically handicapped resident. When I asked who it was my neighbours were stunned

[Deleted User]

ceadaoin. wrote: »

I thought they are saying now that daily drinking is the highest risk factor for liver disease, even in relatively moderate amounts? The advice is to have 2-3 consecutive alcohol free days a week at least.

wakka12 wrote: »

Drinking 2 units or less per day has been widely shown to have pretty much no negative health impacts.

Actually, in a well-publicised extensive study in 2018 the advice is that, by a long shot and contrary to the previous view, avoiding alcohol entirely is the healthiest option.

How much alcohol is too much? The science is shifting.

Researchers are changing how they study the risks of alcohol — and it’s making drinking look worse.... In September, a World Health Organization report found an estimated 3 million people die every year because of alcohol consumption. That’s 5 percent of all deaths. Booze is also a leading risk factor for early death and disability among people aged 15 and 49.

In April, a big meta-study involving 600,000 participants, published in April in the Lancet, suggested that levels of alcohol previously thought to be relatively harmless are linked with an earlier death. What’s more, drinking small amounts of alcohol may not carry all the long-touted protective effects on the cardiovascular system...

'No alcohol safe to drink, global study confirms'

Bad news for those who enjoy what they think is a healthy glass of wine a day.

A large new global study published in the Lancet has confirmed previous research which has shown that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.

The researchers admit moderate drinking may protect against heart disease but found that the risk of cancer and other diseases outweighs these protections.

A study author said its findings were the most significant to date because of the range of factors considered...

'A new study says any amount of alcohol is bad for you'

... “The evidence is adding up that no amount of drinking is safe,” says study co-author Emmanuela Gakidou, a professor of global health and health metrics sciences at the University of Washington. “I don’t think we’re going out on a limb to say anything that the data do not support.”

The new research was based on a review of nearly 700 existing studies on global drinking prevalence and nearly 600 studies on alcohol and health, and found that alcohol was the seventh leading risk factor for premature death in 2016, contributing to 2.8 million deaths worldwide. That number is equivalent to 2.2% of all female deaths and 6.8% of all male deaths that year, according to the study.

The health risks likely only increase the more you drink, the study found. Compared to non-drinkers, people who had one alcoholic beverage per day had a 0.5% higher risk of developing one of 23 alcohol-related health problems, including cancer, road injuries and tuberculosis, in a given year, the study says...

Graces7

None... not a drop, not an iota...

Dalomanakora

Very little. I'm drinking maybe once every 2-3 months at the moment. Averaged out, 2 units per week tops

fonecrusher1

marketty wrote: »

Arrah I wouldn't be fond of drinking, but when I do go at it, I do go at it awful and very hard. I'd have about 45 pints in about 2 hours, and I'd have an aul packet a crips then or an aul packet eh eh peanuts, and I'd...ah I'd have 3 more anyway. And I'd get up in the morning then, and Maureen'd have the fry on.

And I'd go at it again. And I tell ya one thing, there'd be no fückin stopping me. I'd drink the shirt off any man's back.

Bastards.

Well holy god the pint man Paddy Losty alive and well. Mad for the 45 pints and crips he is. (No not crisps, crips)

n!ghtmancometh

I've knocked drinking on the head dramatically over the last two years or so. Gone from drinking almost nightly to happily going two or three months without a single drink. Just prefer to be clear headed and not hungover these days, tis better for the mind and body, and the wallet too I suppose.

Montgolfier

I'm t totally pissed

The_Honeybadger

Would buy a fridge pack of a Friday and drink it over the wknd so 16 units most weeks. This is a massive reduction as I used to drink every evening. I got in to fitness and weights in particular a while back and I know the drink is killing my progress so I might try to knock it on the head soon, it’s really only a habit at this stage.

I used to be a wicked binge drinker if I’m out or if there is something on, probably because the gang I grew up with are big drinkers. A big night out wipes my energy for days now so I try to limit these excursions to a few times a year.

henryforde80

wakka12

ceadaoin. wrote: »

I thought they are saying now that daily drinking is the highest risk factor for liver disease, even in relatively moderate amounts? The advice is to have 2-3 consecutive alcohol free days a week at least.

I don't drink at all on weeknights usually. A glass of wine with dinner if we go out maybe. Share a bottle or 2 with the husband on one of the weekend nights. I think that's too much though. Think I'll cut it out altogether in the new year for a few months at least.

Drinking 2 units or less per day has been widely shown to have pretty much no negative health impacts
What they say seems to change yearly though, used to have some apparent health benefits to drinking very lightly but apparently thats been ruled out now

ceadaoin.

wakka12 wrote: »

Theres nothing wrong with nightly drinking so long as its 3-4 units, its the amount that is bad not how often or when you drink alcohol!

I thought they are saying now that daily drinking is the highest risk factor for liver disease, even in relatively moderate amounts? The advice is to have 2-3 consecutive alcohol free days a week at least.

I don't drink at all on weeknights usually. A glass of wine with dinner if we go out maybe. Share a bottle or 2 with the husband on one of the weekend nights. I think that's too much though. Think I'll cut it out altogether in the new year for a few months at least.

[Deleted User]

Generally have two bottles early in the day, one with breakfast, one at 11am. Often have one with lunch too and generally have about six pints of an evening in the pub. Good bit more on Sat and Sunday, go down after having a bit of food, about twoish, and stay till midnight or so. Maybe up to 120 units a week, but I don’t drive or have many other hobbies.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Bobtheman wrote: »

Will you see old age though?!

Oh I see old age all around me, but if you're talking about me personally well I run at a minimum 30km a week (I throw in a Parkrun.ie or charity event on the weekend), I cycle 40km every day, I'm a Judo black belt with a number of national championship titles and have represented Ireland.

My job involves an annual medical and a requirement to pass a fitness test, I'm also 52 yrs old.. So I'll ask you, what will you be doing at my age?.

I enjoy a beer, a book and a bowl of chicken wings (don't forget the hot sauce and plenty of salt) on occasion, what's your indulgence?.

I have my health issues but none too serious, at 52 and a very active life style most of us will.

OldMrBrennan83

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Still struggling with the old English comprehension there I see, Pat.

And again. God bless us but you certainly have an affinity for the strawman.

The strawman word has made an appearance already. Boards arguing by numbers, you're getting lazy.

Like I said, I cause no issues when I drink and that's all I have to worry about.

[Deleted User]

Patww79 wrote: »

Another idiot. Not everyone who has a drink causes enormous damage to anyone.

Still struggling with the old English comprehension there I see, Pat.

Patww79 wrote: »

Fools like that don't mean we're all the same though.

And again. God bless us but you certainly have an affinity for the strawman.

[Deleted User]

Patww79 wrote: »

That's their problem though.

Except unless you live in a bubble this worldview is, of course, arrant balderdash. It's far more than their problem when drunken bastard crashes into some innocent person, or smashes the face off their partner or children or launches a drunken attack on innocent people on the street, or clogs up our health system with their self-inflicted idiocy or contributes to the billions already lost to the economy in drink-related work absences and mistakes or ...

CinemaGuy45

Pherekydes wrote: »

12 units so far this week, including the 5 I'm drinking tonight. (2 bottles of Tyskie-why don't we have a Pole? :pac:)

I hit a pole once but I had a good excuse I was Russian at the time.:P

Pherekydes

12 units so far this week, including the 5 I'm drinking tonight. (2 bottles of Tyskie-why don't we have a Pole? :pac:)

weemcd

Some weeks zero
Some weeks 10-15
Some weeks 20+

Depends. I did a sober October there with ease. Once it was over I had quite a few drinks over the first week/10 days of November. I've tapered off again though.

I might have some wine tomorrow evening, or I could easily be into December before I have a drink again.

I know plenty of people who can't do this and would struggle to go more than a week without drinking. It's a problem over here. (I'm 30 btw, most of my friends would be inside 25-35 age bracket.)

KungPao

30 and over. A bit too much, but I ****ng love beer.

0 units for wine or spirits, no interest in anything other than a nice cold beer or 4.