on here a lot of us probably are - on meet weekends especially, but one guy i was at uni with regularly massively exceeded the weekly advised limit and ended up with a liver disease

The whole point is moderation. Fair enough if you over induldge one week, make up for it by cutting your intake the next - which you've said you kinda do already so i think you'll be okay.

My mum always has a go at me whne i get very drunk on nights out but my unit intake across a month is probably less than hers because she drinks about 4/5 units a night in wine *shrugs*

but hey... Beer gooooooooooooood

I'm well over. 8 units a night every night and God knows how many at the weekend.

Hello drunkeness, bye bye liver....

I only drink on social occasions which for me means when I go to a ball. Then I consume vast amounts of alcohol and get very, very drunk.

The units are unrealistic and unworkable, I mean some ive had all my units in one day(as some of you may be able to testify)

I remember a quote it may have been on here along the lines that if your livers ok when you die its a waste

Like a lot of other people here, I think the times that I go over the limit is when I'm at a meet and it's a binge over the course of a weekend.

During a normal week, I'll have about 14/15 units. And that's over a weekend. It's very rare that I'll drink during the week because a) I don't want to feel shabby the next morning (it's bad enough getting up for work as it is!!) and b) I don't want to start on the slippery slope towards being an alcoholic which I have been accused of before in the past for some reason....

But then, my tolerance level is lower than some people so it all depends on the individual whether they are doing damage to their body with their weekly intake. Like Syd said, it's all a question of moderation.

(Edited by Whistler 02/10/2002 19:01)

I dont drink

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by coolkat
I dont drink

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Give it time..

I dread to think what my weekly intake is.

Last night was 12 units, tonight was about 10 so I'm already over.

Whoops

I don't really drink and when I do it's not a lot, about 3 units a week on average if I go out or if I stay in with my b/f and his mates!! Had one unit last night I think!! It just doesn't bother me if I drink or not, I mean don't get me wrong, I have been way over my unit limit in the past, those at Eclipse will tell you I was wasted on the Saturday night!! but I think it is more a bout moderation!! like Sydney said!!

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by Madame Liile BollingerI drink when I'm Happy and I drink when I'm sad. Sometimes I drink when I'm alone. When I have company I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I'm not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise I never touch it---unless I'm thirsty. There is never a bad time to drink Champagne.

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Alcohol has, among it's many, many great achievements, blessed us with a multitude of inspiring quotations from the great and the good, and the inebriated...

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by Oscar WildeWork is the curse of the drinking classes.

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It's effects can provide boundless entertainment for oneself, and for others...

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by Dorothy ParkerOne more drink and I shall be under the host.

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One can find oneself in the direst of predicaments because of it...

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by W C FieldsReminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

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And of course, there are the occassional, unfortunate, aftereffects of having enjoyed too much of a good thing...

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by Frank SinatraI feel sorry for people who don't drink, because when they wake up in the morning that's as good as they're going to feel for the rest of the day

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Having done time as a proffessional alcoholic (looked after a couple of bars, was occassionally in the pay of a wine merchant), and knowing several philosphers, medics, politicians and journalists, I have had the opportunity to see the highs and lows of drink, the single malts and the snowballs, from the wit and inspiration to the stomach pumps and liver failures, the joy and the regret, the laughter and the tears, the wild debauchery and the wild debauchery. And after the dust (and sediment) has settled all that remains to say is... a pint of G & T, please.

I drink a lot less now I don't live in a pub any more! That just made it too easy.

Although even 'less' is probably considerably more than 14 units

Sometimes I drink, sometimes I don't. I'm usually drunk once a week but it only takes me about 8 vodkas before I'm on my back (no comments please ) Some weeks I will be no where near the limit, but I like to carry the remainder over to the next week and binge

8 vodkas or £1.50?

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by Maffrew
8 vodkas or £1.50?

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Bog Off The ex said it's usually 1/2 a cider and a kebab

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by Barbara
I only drink on social occasions

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me too!

like, when im at the pub, or at meets, or weddings, or parties or a night in or a day in or when im at college

these are all social events so its ok

god that limit is sooo poo!! i've cut down alot since going back to uni, only about 40-60 units a week, depending on how it goes. i remember one week me and my mate had been on like a few days worth of a bender totalled up to i think it was 87 units in 4 days, thats pretty bad!

Was on tequilla last night (yuck), that made me too drunk, someone put me in a Taxi on my own as I was too drunk and nearly ended up being taken home by a random person.
Normally I seem to have 3 or 4 smirnoff ices a night, though last week I did accidently drink a bottle of ginger wine when bored.
Quess that means I am on about 4 and a half to 6 units a night which makes about 31 and a half units a week upwards. Have got to cut down though due to calories, need to find low calorie alcohol. Still looking for chocolate with the calorie equivilant of celery

I probably average six units a week. thats depending on a night out (2 'cos i have to drive home) and someone coming over (4 or so 'cos i'm at home).

The rest of the units are stored up so i can get totally rat faced at cons

Well my dad being an alchi my whole life put me off drink but unfortunately I succumbed to society and I'm a drinker of the evil liquid. But only socialy!! Never go over units And I don't really get drunk, I hate it when people are drunk. Some people can be so slimey

(Edited by lizzieslayer 09/10/2002 17:48)