How can I be in the top 5% of drinkers at 20 units a week?!

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I've been tracking how much alcohol I drink since the start of the year in an effort to cut down

It's working and I think I probably drink about half as much as I used to, around 20 units a week on average. Still over the women's recommended limit of 14, but this is better than I was

However the app I'm using says I'm in the top 5% of drinker so that means only 5 people out of 100 drink more than me

Surely that can't be right... how many unit do you drink a week usually?

In an average week, if I'm not away on holiday, or have visitors, I would say I drink about 8, having just had a quick google. We only generally open a bottle of wine a week for the two of us. But I'll have the odd Baileys, sometimes the wine becomes kir... and we definitely drink more on holiday and when we have guests.

20 units is a lot! Especially if that's every single week

Occasionally one or two glasses of something a week but usually none mostly because I'm on a diet and saving the calories.

That is quite a lot! I have at most a couple. Haven't had 20 units a week since I was an undergrad!

None at the moment as pregnant.

But ordinarily, 2 ciders over a weekend maybe. Nothing in the week. Not sure how many units 2 bottles of Old Mout or similar would be.

Ok so that’s 20-40 units a week for me then. I know it’s not great but I would have thought there are quite a few people that might have half a bottle 5 nights a week so that would be 25 units.

I don't really drink at all. Maybe once a month I will have a cider or a glass of prosecco.
There are a lot of people who drink nothing or very little, so this will bring the averages down, but I think 20 units is a lot - I don't know anyone who drinks that much.

On average one or two. I think 20 would kill me!

None, I last had a drink at New Year, years ago I drank like a fish but I don’t now.

I'm genuinely teetotal, don't touch a drop.

Watching my alcoholic mum & uncle die from end stage alcoholic liver failure made me never touch another drop.

I have a bottle of wine at the weekend (10 units) and maybe a gin or two. So between 10 and 14. No drinking at home mon-thurs.

Not 20, but it's also going to be reporting against others who use the app; and people who drink a lot may not have an app designed to help them cut down...

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I tracked for a year and averaged 13 units per week.

I hardly ever drink. I've had a can of Bailey's latte this week, because I fancied it, but that's my first drink since Christmas.

At Christmas I think I had a glass of prosecco, and before that, I went out for drinks with work when someone left... in July? I have several drinks when I'm out, but it's not often.

About the 20-25 here as well

20 is like 2 botthles of wine. Or 6-7 pagers.
That's not as much as it sounds when it's converted to units

DH and I share a bottle of wine about 3 out of 4 weekends. Usually a glass each on the Friday, then one on the Saturday. Might have another couple of drinks (g&t or glass of red) if we go out for a meal - maybe every 2-3 months.

20 doesn’t sound like top 5% to me.

Thinking about this week, it was pretty typical.
Nothing Monday and Tuesday
2 glasses of Prosecco on Wednesday.
Quite a bit on Thursday at a party, I’d say 3 large glasses. Felt drunk.
Pint of beer on Friday.
Nothing Saturday
330ml cider tonight

So that’s 17 units

Most weeks nothing. will drink if going out or socially, but really tend not to fancy a drink at home.

I need to change my friends #easily led

At last, I think I’m in the top 2% of the country for something!

People notoriously lie about their drinking OP.

Plus it's reported that young people are drinking much less than older people, that prob impacts on the stats.

I probably have 3-5 units a week. It might be that you socialise with the 2 and 3% people so your drinking feels more moderate?

20 units is a lot to me.