Sensible alcohol guidelines

It’s nice to share a glass or two of wine with friends and family. But when does a social drink become plain dangerous? If you don’t want to read on, maybe you should – you could well be denying the fact you have a dangerous addiction.

Dr Steve Hambleton, from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) describes alcohol as ‘the next nasty’. For a legal drug, it also robs our society of quality life years. Direct and indirect effects are enormous. Binge drinking among teenagers robs them of their full potential. Society has turned against smoking and now its collective wisdom must turn against alcohol. By limiting consumption to two standard drinks per man or woman reduces your risk of death or injury from alcohol to less than 1 in 100. Every drink above this level continues to increase your lifetime risk of death or injury from alcohol. While many young Australians drink frequently, the highest proportion of daily drinkers in 2007 were those over 60 years old.
If you or a friend or relative has a drinking habit which threatens their health – or simply cannot be controlled, follow this link to the Australian Guideline to reduce health risks of alcohol.