I know alcohol is a fairy contentious subject on MN. Some people don't touch it at all and that's fine, but I have always enjoyed a drink. Sometimes too much.
Last year my drinking crept up a lot and around Christmas I really overdid it. I made a very half arsed attempt at dry January but decided it was pointless if I was just going to count down the days to until I could go back to my previous drinking habits. Instead I've tried to make sustainable changes.
Last year I was drinking probably 5-6 nights a week and it was mostly gin and tonic or wine. The issue being that I'd pour my own measures and they were huge! I think I averaged around 30 units per week which is double the recommended amount. I never really felt hungover but I knew it wasn't doing me any favours health wise.
Now I've started buying the 4 pack pre made cans of gin and tonic which are only 5% and 1 unit each. I may also have a bottle of wine over the course of the weekend. So all in all this is 13 units and under the recommended 14. I appreciate to some people this will still sound a lot but to me it's a big reduction and I've also resolved to drink no more than 3-4 nights of the week.
I suppose what I'm asking is that is this an acceptable amount? Do people drink more or less? I am making improvements from what I was drinking but I also wonder if I need to do more.