People have been sharing their drinking habits after presenter Adrian Chiles revealed he sometimes drank more than units a week - more than seven times the recommended limit. He said drinking never affects his life and he considers himself a social drinker, not an alcoholic.
Other heavy drinkers have been speaking about their alcohol consumption. Paul Tomlinson, 48, from Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire says it is "easy to rack up drinking when you're sat at home".
I will then do at least two or three more bottles of wine in the week with a couple of gin and tonics again. Do I want to stop drinking at the level I do? Not really. One man, who chose to remain anonymous, says his father was an "old fashioned" alcoholic who started drinking in the morning - but that he is not an alcoholic. And yet I still drink far, far too much. I just wish someone would make a drink that tastes as nice as wine, without the alcohol. I smoked 20 plus a day for 20 years then quit five years ago, with no patches etc.
I think alcohol is in the same category. Adrian Chiles' account of his alcohol consumption "mirrors almost exactly" how Mark Baker, 58, from North Somerset, says he drinks. A person aged 40 who drinks 10 to 20 standard drinks a week knocks six months off their life expectancy. Drinkers who put away more than 35 standard drinks a week reduced that number by four to five years.
But, importantly, this increase is not linear. A small amount of additional alcohol increases your risk of death, but only by a small amount.
There seems to be a threshold at which risk dramatically ramps up. A person who drinks between seven and 14 cans of beer each one is about 1. The lowest mortality we observed was in people who drank less than 10 standard drinks of alcohol a week.
Regularly drinking more than 14 units of alcohol a week risks damaging your health. The recommended weekly limit of 14 units is equivalent to 6 pints of average-strength beer or 10 small glasses of low-strength wine. There's now a better understanding of the link between drinking and some illnesses, including a range of cancers. It's now thought that the evidence on a protective effect from moderate drinking is less strong than previously thought.
If you're pregnant or think you could become pregnant, the safest approach is not to drink alcohol at all to keep risks to your baby to a minimum. Drinking too much alcohol can cause sever health conditions. Schedule a call today to learn how Ria Health can help lower your alcohol consumption.
But if you drink beer to excess often , it can increase your risk of many serious health consequences, including:. All in all, alcohol is linked to at least 60 2 different medical conditions, including both short-term health risks, and chronic or long-term illnesses. If you drink beers a day for several years, you will likely experience a range of health problems as a result. It can also cause problems in your personal and professional life. These include decreased productivity at work, job loss, financial issues, and problems with friends, family, and romantic relationships.
The short answer, considering all of the above, is yes. If you are drinking 8 to 10 beers a day, or even more, you are generally putting yourself at risk for a number of serious issues. Over time, excessive drinking can severely impact your life span. Worldwide, alcohol misuse is the fifth-leading risk factor 3 for disability and premature death. In the US, It is the third-leading cause 4 of preventable death overall, according to the National Institutes of Health.
From 5 , excessive alcohol use resulted in approximately 88, deaths each year, and an annual total of 2. On average, the lives of those who died were shortened by 30 years. According to a study 6 in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, life expectancy among people with alcohol use disorder AUD was years shorter than in the general population.
For people hospitalized with AUD, average life expectancy was years for men, and years for women. Moderate drinking is defined as one drink a day for women, and up to two drinks a day for men.
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