8th January – Reduce alcohol (know your limits!)

Advice to reduce alcohol might seem like an odd thing to post on a Friday night, but shortly after I walked through the door after a very long day at work, my lovely well-meaning husband handed me a gin “because it’s Friday night!”

But when I’ve stopped to think about it, “because it’s Friday” is not really a good reason to have a drink! It’s so easy to think that having a drink is a good way to reward ourselves with a glass of wine or a gin after a hard day. It’s something we see all the time on social media and memes all the time – “it’s wine o’clock” etc.

However, it’s probably not good if having a drink is an automatic reaction to a hard day, or if it is a mindless routine to reach for a drink “just because”…

Top tips for sensible alcohol consumption:
⭐️know the recommended limits: 14 units per week for both men & women.
⭐️14units = 6pints of average strength beer 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
⭐️14units = 6 x 175ml glasses of average strength wine 🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
⭐️For women, if you are pregnant or think you could become pregnant, the safest approach is to not drink at all.🚫
⭐️If you do drink, limit the amount you have on any single occasion.
⭐️Ideally, have several drink-free days per week🚫🚫🚫

🤷‍♀️Unsure how much you are drinking?
Track how much you are having with the drinkaware app, free to download from 💻 https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/tools/track-and-calculate-units-app 

There’s loads of useful info at
💻 https://www.drinkaware.co.uk
💻 https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/ 
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Happy weekend all!