There are no safe levels of Alcohol consumption ....

[Fab Foodie]

This is bad news....
Only 7 pints per week.
Bugger.

 

[NorthernDave]

Will you actually live any longer following this weeks guidelines, or will it just seem like it..?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I did find myself wondering whether the new ''guidelines'' would leave people briefly considering life on 14 units a week and then, in the ''Keep calm and Carry On'' tradition, simply forget about it. And then I had a beer....

 

[Piemaster]

If there are no safe limits why am I trying keep it down to 14 units? Pass the Black Sheep.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Ok so there is no safe limit right ?

Carry on and drink then

 

[Fab Foodie]

I did find myself wondering whether the new ''guidelines'' would leave people briefly considering life on 14 units a week and then, in the ''Keep calm and Carry On'' tradition, simply forget about it. And then I had a beer....

I think it's a warning I should heed. I've abused my liver for too long now.

 

[Maverick Goose]

Ok so there is no safe limit right ?

Carry on and drink then

Forget the wagon, it's the crazy train for me...

 

[Spinney]

Unless you are a woman over 55...

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I think it's a warning I should heed. I've abused my liver for too long now.

This is where I was having difficulty. If the damage is already done, if the healthy limit is so far below the habitual limit, there's little incentive for stopping or following the guidelines, @Piemaster and @Hill Wimp seem to be following a similar logic. As such, it seems counterproductive. It's being framed as almost always being a risk, just like going out of your front door of a morning or, heaven forfend, risking a pedal on a Brompton.

 

[vernon]

It looks like I'll have to raise my consumption for 49 weeks per year to meet the 14 unit per week limit.

 

[Tin Pot]

I don't know how I will limit myself to 14 shots per week.

1.3 bottles of wine should be fine though.

 

[Accy cyclist]

On the north west news tonight they mentioned the 3 billion pounds alcohol abuse costs the region each year. Conveniently forgetting to mention how much tax revenue is generated by the heavy drinking.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Like anyone will take notice..
ive gone without for a week and feel grear..but id still like a beer or 3

 

[Accy cyclist]

The last time i went a while without a pint i found myself not wanting another beer. This scared me but after some NHS counselling they were able to get me back on the stuff!

 

[Stephenite]

This is only for peeps who live in Britain right? The rest of us are ok?