Oh, I smoke 20 a day, am 40 years old and the only one one here it seems who can do 50 push ups no problem :s
A pint glass weighs just over a pound when full. You're doing a lot of bicep curls, so have strong arms.
Seriously, that's an awful lot of drink...
Home measures are the issue for me, my whiskey macs have become a long drink. Going to have a dry week, honest.
i agree with coffeeking.
the idea that people need to be told you need to take a couple of days off the booze a week is a bit of a shocker.
the idea that people need to be told you need to take a couple of days off the booze a week is a bit of a shocker
Why? One nice cold beer or a relaxing glass of wine after the kids are in bed was well within the previous safe limits/guidelines. They're just revising that in light of more evidence/understanding.
yes
+1 for the lightweight camp here , we maybe only drink 1-2 bottles of wine a month the exception being if we're invited round my mums and then I usually end up driving round so I don't have to drink ( mums is a 5 min walk throught the local wood).
I bought a couple of cases of lager before Christmas that are still under the stairs unopened.
May have the occasional drink if it's in the house otherwise not really bothered. Get drunk rice a year with uni mates and that's it. Is it strange that there's a box of Stella in my shed that's not been in there for 3 months and only 2 bottles down?!
I'll frequently go for a couple of weeks without booze, and I'll rarely have more than 2 or 3 pints when I do drink. Me and the missus rarely open a bottle of wine if it's just us because we usually end up tipping half of it away a week later! Christmas was a bit heavier by my standards but probably less than some here would have every Saturday.
I enjoy a pint and we've got a nice bottle of Lagavulin at the moment, but booze just doesn't play that much of a part in my life.
me and mrs emsz did a bottle of Lemon Voddy on Saturday, but none since.
binging is the new tee total
I'm going to get a malt out of the cupboard 
my personal theory is that they are trying to account for those who don't count the units so it's a viable way of getting them to slow down
I must admit I love booze, but not to get leathered, I love the variety of flavours, textures, smell, so I try to keep an eye on the units and there will be days when I don't drink so I guess I'm not doing myself too much damage...
Jaques Anquetil, the first guy to ever win the tour 5 times, reportedly would often drink a bottle of whisky a day.
Mind you, he did die of stomach cancer. You know, after he REPEATEDLY NAILED HIS DAUGHTER IN LAW, WITH HIS WIFE'S CONSENT!!!!!
But what did his son think?
His wife's child from a different marriage.
Thats ok then
Am on the wagon for the whole of January,detoxtastic
seriously new job started today and my "free living" over the last six months needs to be put in check.
My coping strategy is to stay strong !!
the only one one here it seems who can do 50 push ups no problem
even if that was true it's got very little relevance to alcohol intake
And was said tongue in cheek iDave....
I've decided that I really need to cut back. It's not like I drink a lo in one go but I do tend to have a beer or two ever
Y night. Over Xmas I was starting to drink more and more. I'm now the heaviest I have been for ever and I'd put most of that to the booze. So I am making a concerted effort to cut right back and get back to where I was previously, maybe 2 beers twice a week.
I've never got drinking or the 'need' to drink. I do drink, but only when it's part of a social occasion or perhaps a meal.
Last drink was Christmas day.
So whilst I accept it, it is something that can kill you so to me it's up there with smoking.
And drinking culture? all very well singing songs and putting empty glasses on your head like a two year old, but the Friday night punch up and family wiped out by the old boy that's had just one too many aren't something I can embrace.
Oh dear that's a bit depressing for first thing in the morning 
I concur with oldgit on the 'drink' thing.
Never understood the mentality of going out and getting massively drunk, and then spending the next 24 hours feeling like death and complaining to everyone that you're hung over and can't remember anything.
And despite not being able to remember anything, you're convinced it was a great night out 
A few beers with some mates, couple of glasses of wine with a meal, fair enough.
Drinking for the sake of getting drunk - utterly pointless.
Never understood the mentality of going out and getting massively drunk, and then spending the next 24 hours feeling like death and complaining to everyone that you're hung over and can't remember anything.
Love wine, love decent beer. Living in the Languedoc is very good for one thing, not so much for the other (6€ a pint, don't even start on the price of a glass of whisky/ey)
Generally a glass or two for dinner, food optional, but never drink alone.
the idea that people need to be told you need to take a couple of days off the booze a week is a bit of a shocker.+1
A sad indictment of modern society
Maybe I have an issue but I find most booze very enjoyable, especially craft beers. I never get plastered though, and I more than aware I need to cut down, mainly for fitness reasons, I'm getting heavier and my bike is slowing down. Not cheap either.
I have a drink every day. 1 or 2 beers (I love real ale/craft beer) during the week and 3 or 4 on a Friday/Saturday. Yes I know it's just over the unit guide lines but I'm not really fussed. I may try doing the two days without thing but don't really want to. I work away from home and a couple of beers and a book is a nice way to unwind in the evening.
Am I going to hell?
Been off it over 15 years now, best thing I ever did
Last night whilst chillin/relaxin/soundcloud deephouse mood stylee in the BouyHood, I sniftered a whiskey, a small single malt with an age less than I’ve been working here, t’was a prezzie from someone oooop North (gracias) and fitted a neat end to a very chilled day.
MrsBouy joined in, we snuggled on the sofa whilst the TV was on, sound down, and gobbled our way through a family pack of these:
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Edit: I've been to Hell and it's over rated.
2 days..........is that all?? I struggle to do 2 days ON the booze, let alone off the stuff...
During the last 12 months or so I can take it or leave it when it comes to drink...but every now and again we go out for a couple of pints and I do enjoy it, but my body doesn't, so its easier to stay off the stuff.
Christ! Some of you lot sound like you'd be an absolute riot on a night out 
in comparison, I feel like Pete Docherty
Christ! Some of you lot sound like you'd be an absolute riot on a night out
Yes I would be a 'riot' as long as I was back home and in bed by 10.30
That Riot you mentioned... Is Basmati Mayn coming?
yes. usually only drink two or three times a week. I went for three whole weeks without drinking at all in September and felt so much better by miles. Alcohol is not your friend.
Kev
A few lapses of memory and errors in judgement, but hey, you're only young once.
I've had a few head in my hands moments the day after a heavy night out too. The sudden realisation that you have done/said something when you wake up and you say to yourself "oh no" 
the idea that people need to be told you need to take a couple of days off the booze a week is a bit of a shocker.
+1
A sad indictment of modern society
Not really - I take it as a message aimed at people having a couple of pints or a glass or two of wine on a daily basis, rather than people getting completely pissed every day. By no means alcoholics, probably never get drunk, but according to new research it's still too much.
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