How many units of alcohol per week do you drink?

AckwelFoley · 16-05-2009 01:52PM #1

How many units do you consume per week on average. Last year or so im a paultry 10 or less

Im adding a poll

You can use the table on this website to help you calculate

http://units.nhs.uk/howMany.html

Terry - there is no calculation on how many units are in a keg.

Duff · 16-05-2009 01:55PM

Around the 30 mark.

My name is URL · 16-05-2009 01:56PM

I'm afraid to know tbh

4zn76tysfajdxp · 16-05-2009 01:56PM

14 units a week, usually in one night.

minidazzler · 16-05-2009 01:58PM

It really depends I don't go out some weeks and some weeks I might go out 3/4 times. But usually around 16 in a night, unless it's a special occasion, where it can rise to 26.

Abi · 16-05-2009 01:59PM

My name is URL wrote: »

I'm afraid to know tbh

Yep, head firmly in the sand here aswell :pac:

KTRIC · 16-05-2009 01:59PM

10 for me. I thought it was a lot.

Must start drinking more so.

SoupyNorman · 16-05-2009 02:00PM

30-50 probably, I'm a serial home drinker and I drink alone too...nothing to do with depression it's because TV is so bad these days it needs a little help.

Supercell · 16-05-2009 02:04PM

Lightweights the lot of ye!

Abi · 16-05-2009 02:09PM

Omfg. How accurate is that thing? :eek:

Cannot be right..

Graham_B18C · 16-05-2009 02:15PM

Depends on how much I go out, on a saturday I'd have about 6 Tyskies then a LOT more when I got out

So i'd be around the 30 mark on an heavy night. Usually only go out once a week though so 30 a week aint too bad!

destroyer · 16-05-2009 02:20PM

When you're out you're out..................

Dont count the change, dont count the units.........

between 80 and 90 this week

Caoimhín · 16-05-2009 02:27PM

None.:)

Jonathan · 16-05-2009 02:30PM

Zero.

markopantelic · 16-05-2009 02:35PM

none.

Turd Ferguson · 16-05-2009 02:37PM

On a basic week I have about 35ish units, that does not include going out. If I go out I have about 10 units per night on top of that.
I do not have a problem with alcohol. I enjoy it and it enjoys me.

krudler · 16-05-2009 02:41PM

I drink JD and coke, dont go out that often though maybe once every 2 weeks, would have about 4 or 5 throughout the night so on average 4 a night

ArphaRima · 16-05-2009 02:59PM

Just so people get it right. An average beer/shot has 2 units. Not one.

Odysseus · 16-05-2009 03:08PM

Abigayle wrote: »

Omfg. How accurate is that thing? :eek:

Cannot be right..

Looks spot on to me. Most people don't realise the amount of units they have in one night. I work in addiction treatment and I would guess if you questioned people at a bus stop on a Monday morning a significant amount would score as problematic drinkers. You would probably get a box in the as well;)

Caoimhín · 16-05-2009 03:13PM

Odysseus wrote: »

Looks spot on to me. Most people don't realise the amount of units they have in one night. I work in addiction treatment and I would guess if you questioned people at a bus stop on a Monday morning a significant amount would score as problematic drinkers. You would probably get a box in the as well;)

Would that suggest that the questionnaire is inaccurate/wrongly formulated or that significant numbers of Irish people have a drink problem?

banshee_bones · 16-05-2009 03:14PM

Could go days even weeks with out drinking anything. But since iv started working in a bar probably just have the one after work, two tops.

(and no i dont drive afterwards either)

TheInquisitor · 16-05-2009 03:15PM

Just over 30 usually in one night. 6-10 pints then a few double whiskeys...been a month since ive drank though ...damn exams!!!

Cupcake_Crisis · 16-05-2009 03:16PM

oohhh.....Im tipping 40 for thursday night alone......thats scary!

Diabhal Beag · 16-05-2009 03:18PM

3.6 but I'm probably one of the slimest people in this thread so there :pac:

BaconZombie · 16-05-2009 03:19PM

~30-50.

2-3 Bottles of beer week nights and then beer, vokda, Jagr and maybe Wine on Sat.

remember people that the UK have smaller sized servings of shots { & strips } so if you use the page that the OP posted you have to increase it....

themadchef · 16-05-2009 03:23PM

Just couldint be arsed lately. If i do, it's a nice bottle of red in the comfort of my own squat.

I hate hangovers. Why the feck cant someone smart invent hangover free alcohol? It really puts me off drinking in the first place.

Super-Rush · 16-05-2009 03:26PM

I tried to add up what i drank last week but my calculator stopped working and i got sick again.

Odysseus · 16-05-2009 03:29PM

Caoimhín wrote: »

Would that suggest that the questionnaire is inaccurate/wrongly formulated or that significant numbers of Irish people have a drink problem?

It would depend on what measuring tool you where using, but I would go with the latter as we go the WHO limit of 14 and 21 units per week.

SV · 16-05-2009 03:31PM

For him
http://www.drinkaware.ie/content/calculator/male.html

For her
http://www.drinkaware.ie/content/calculator/female.html

as for me, when I go out..which might be once a week, it's around the 30 mark.
blind drunk.

Abi · 16-05-2009 03:36PM

Odysseus wrote: »

Looks spot on to me. Most people don't realise the amount of units they have in one night. I work in addiction treatment and I would guess if you questioned people at a bus stop on a Monday morning a significant amount would score as problematic drinkers. You would probably get a box in the as well;)

Well its an eye-opener. Don't get me wrong, I knew that I wouldn't have been on the lower end of the scale. But I've obliterated the poll :eek:

Not sensible I know. But I based it on last week alone. I'm up there with the top 7 so far.

Would any of the other 6 like to 'fess up to their average? :pac:

Wertz · 16-05-2009 03:38PM

Odysseus wrote: »

Looks spot on to me. Most people don't realise the amount of units they have in one night. I work in addiction treatment and I would guess if you questioned people at a bus stop on a Monday morning a significant amount would score as problematic drinkers. You would probably get a box in the as well;)

I think the incredulity was more about the amount of people voting for less than 10 or none, not the amount of people who voted for 100+ or whatever.
The usual Irish thing of being amazed that there's a sizable amount of people who don't drink to excess, or at all and then the comments about lightweights etc.
I hate that attitude personally, although I do like to drink. I voted in the 10 or less category since I'd only really have a proper drink once or twice a month and I'm not one for drinking a few units every night...

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