Which type of drinker are you?

[ratewhore]

If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink.

[Ruprect]

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
- George Best

In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life.
- George Best

[Bob Dalek]

If I had all the money I'd spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink.

[Ruprect]

http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/Alcohol...cts/units.html

Half a pint of 3.5% beer/lager/cider is one unit

BUT many continental lagers are closer to 5% while extra strong lagers can be as strong as 9%!

[Moscow Mule]

Eh? That's not right surely?

The average pint of 4-star lager has between 3 and 4 units.

Less boozy bitters and 2-star lagers are between 2 and 3 units.

[Ruprect]

The limit used to be 28 units for men. Your average pint of beer has 3-4 units.

Eh? That's not right surely?

[NotAllThere]

Is 50 the recommended limit for men? 25 pints a week That's masses! (Or is the paragraph worded badly and the limit is actually 25 units?)

The limit used to be 28 units for men. Your average pint of beer has 3-4 units.

So that's 7-9 pints.

Apparently, because I enjoy a drink at the end of the day, when all chores are done, I'm a single mum.

[Diver]

I've been a few of those through the years. But, I'm still here and healthier than I've ever been so what do the govt know?

Fark all as usual...

So your body didn't reject that liver transplant then?

[KathyWoolfe]

Originally Posted by Dim Dawn
Public health minister Dawn Primarolo admitted these heavy drinkers were a "tough one to crack".

But she added: "This is a totally fresh approach to helping people understand the effects of their drinking habits and help them make changes for the better."

Was she part of the government who, in 2005, enacted legislation to allow pubs to open 24 hours a day and justified it by saying "it helps to combat binge-drinking"? (not that this was needed as you can get all the alcohol you want at your friendly, local, 24hr supermarket.

[Ruprect]

I've been a few of those through the years. But, I'm still here and healthier than I've ever been so what do the govt know?

Fark all as usual...

...that they can stick some more duty on the price of a pint and you will still cough up

[ratewhore]

I've been a few of those through the years. But, I'm still here and healthier than I've ever been so what do the govt know?

Fark all as usual...

[Moscow Mule]

It's actually 9 types of Heavy drinker.

Quite why drinking that Scottish muck should mark you out for special treatment I've no idea

[Torran]

the latter i'm afraid. Its the BBC after all.

[Ruprect]

9 types apparently:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7619508.stm


This doesn't seem right to me though:

The research showed that those drinking heavily - defined as consuming more than twice the recommended limit which is 35 units a week for women, 50 for men - did so for a variety of reasons.

Is 50 the recommended limit for men? 25 pints a week That's masses! (Or is the paragraph worded badly and the limit is actually 25 units?)