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Alcohol units

Oh dear lord! I just went on that NHS website thing about calculating your units and apparently I drink around 80 units a week! I'm going to die arn't I?



  • we're ALL going to die...

    ...it's just that some of us are being asked to leave sooner than others

  • I don't buy this...

    I saw on a can the other day that there were 1.7 units, and it was only a 400ml can.

    • I should add....

      it was only a can of Carlsberg, not window cleaner, or somesuch.

  • isn't that about 5 pints of beer a day?

    • I drink

      red wine, probably a bottle a night. There's 10 units in a bottle apparently, well, depending on the alcohol %

      • that's a lot of wine

        • I know

          but I like chilling with a glass on a night...trouble is one turns into two then the bottles gone. I've been doing this for probably about 3 years. How am I still alive?

          • Do you think you could stop?

            • Probably

              I don't think I have a problem, I do have some alcohol free nights, I just really really enjoy red wine!

          • The power of the sun.

            Stay away from Kryptonite.

      • 10 units in a single bottle?

        i don't believe this

  • 0 for me

    *smug*

    • Is that because of *that* photo from Zonino! 2?

  • i'd rather not know how many i consume

  • My results said I COULD cut down

    Which is obvious. Of course I could cut down, I just don't want to. Silly test.

  • i limit myself to 60 units a week.

    It's healthy to have two pints a day every day, my doctor teld me.

    • and it works wonders for your spelling skills

  • that's nothing

    i wouldn't worry