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Drink less app - yikes!

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SuckOnTHATRyan · 09/09/2018 10:46

So I put my answers into the drink less app which I have just d/led. It’s linked to research by UCL so all quite legitimate.

So my answers were:

I Drink 1-2 units 2-3 times per week on average

I Drink 6 units or more once a months - now I thought this sounded a lot, but then I realised that about once a month I will have an “event”, (anniversary, birthday, wedding, dinner out with friends) and I will drink about three medium glasses of wine, which I think is 6 units. So 6 units in one go once a month.

The rest were questions like, do you ever feel you can’t stop once you’ve started, have you ever not been able to do what was expected of you, have you injured yourself due to alcohol, (all of which I answered never, except the injury one which was “yes, but not in the last year” - I used to wake up with bumps and bruises after nights out at university when we used to have a few drinks and then play boisterous games- sensible Hmm).

I thought all of this^^ was about average for my age group (34). But apparently I’m in the “at risk” group and drink more than 92% of women my age Shock.

Aibu to be a bit horrified and mortified? Obviously it’s good to know and I’m now logging all alcohol consumption on the app, so that’s a positive. But still Blush.

OP posts:
Kescilly · 11/09/2018 11:03

Ahh, that makes a lot of sense. I wanted to thank you for posting this thread btw. I know it sounds like I don’t drink much, but I feel like it’s been creeping up in the past year and I want to cut down too. So this is reminding me to do it.

SuckOnTHATRyan · 11/09/2018 11:26

Ah thanks Kescilly! I’ve found the whole discussion very useful too. Glad it’s helped!

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TheWinterofOurDiscountTentsMk2 · 11/09/2018 11:30

It will be the 6 units in one go I would think, flagging it as an issue. Even if you do it infrequently

It's suck bollocks. 6 units is 2.5 pints of beer. That's not binge drinking, thats lunchtime.

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