Booze
21 units per week.
(Dr Skagra glorious glargzhem, Thu 15 Nov 2012, 17:40, 11 replies)

A week?????
Oh dear...
( The Lone Groover has mal des nuts., Thu 15 Nov 2012, 18:21, closed)

Those "units" were some kind of arbitrary bullshit anyway.
Unless you're deluded it's perfectly possible to know how much is too much and in my experience it's usually about half what we tell ourselves is an acceptable quantity.

And that's what I tell myself every night as I drink myself to sleep.
( Infidel , shit and wrong, Thu 15 Nov 2012, 19:10, closed)

And the standards aren't even consistent across different countries.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 1:00, closed)

Is a minimum.

(Vigilante Man weeps because you're stupid., Thu 15 Nov 2012, 22:13, closed)

21
I saw my GP today, he asked how much I drink,
I said 'On average, about 4 pints per day'

He looked me in the eye and said
'Chris. I drink in the same pub as you!'
(barty, Thu 15 Nov 2012, 22:46, closed)

GPs are the worst on the sauce and self prescribed all the time

( spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 15 Nov 2012, 22:57, closed)

I'm up to 21 a day
Not dead yet but will keep you informed
( spazzcaptain Misses Valin @, Thu 15 Nov 2012, 22:59, closed)

Given the entitled stupidity of this government, and their tendency to pander to the whims of the incompetent and the reactionary, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if some plan for total alcohol prohibition comes in before 2014.

( The Mock TurtIe ™ --- Thinks you are a cunt, on, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 1:04, closed)

It's OK
you can hit about 45-50 units a week before it's worse for you than being teetotal. Assuming you use the same set of stats the BMA used to set the 21 a week. Although the low point of the curve is actually about 28ish, it's just that it's automatically assumed that people are too stupid to follow advice honestly.

See also: acceptable levels of drinking in pregnancy, sensible levels of liquid consumption, etc.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 8:47, closed)

I love you, badge.
You always make the most sense.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Sat 17 Nov 2012, 9:12, closed)

Is that it?

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 16 Nov 2012, 9:07, closed)