Heavy (hazardous) drinking This is drinking above the recommended safe limits, which are:
•Men should drink no more than 21 units of alcohol per week, no more than four units in any one day, and have at least two alcohol-free days a week.
•Women should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week, no more than three units in any one day, and have at least two alcohol-free days a week.
•Pregnant women. Advice from the Department of Health states that ... "pregnant women or women trying to conceive should not drink alcohol at all. If they do choose to drink, to minimise the risk to the baby, they should not drink more than 1-2 units of alcohol once or twice a week and should not get drunk" . Where do these recommendations come from? Problem (harmful) drinking This is where you continue to drink heavily even though you have caused harm, or are causing harm or problems to yourself, family, or society. For example, you may: •Have cirrhosis or another alcohol-related condition. •Binge drink and get drunk quite often. This may cause you to lose time off work, or behave in an antisocial way when you drink. But note: not everybody with problem drinking binges or gets drunk. Many people with an alcohol-related condition such as cirrhosis drink small amounts frequently but do not get drunk. •Spend more money on alcohol than you can afford. •Have problems with your relationships or at work because of your drinking. Many problem drinkers are not dependent on alcohol. They could stop drinking without withdrawal symptoms if they wanted to. But, for one reason or another, they continue to drink heavily. http://www.patient.co.uk/health/alcoholism-and-problem-drinking
I think drinking is good for relationship among people, especially between friends. But we can come up with the sentence "Too much is worse than nothing" now, Here's my Questions
- Why people drinking?
- How often do you drink?
- Who do you usually drink with?
- Why Do Some People Become Alcoholics but Not Others?
- Why Korean likes drinking ( compared to another country)?
- How do you think get rid of alchoholic? ( If you are an alchoholic)
