14 Units

Saggi

I swim three times a week and walk 3 miles a day ….so wine in my garden is deserved ! As no doubt yours is !? AND …if it’s not deserved …my mum used to say “ have it now and deserve it later” … worked for her as she lived til 93.

I think that is the happy medium I am looking for. Although I love your Mum’s advice too. I have reached an age where a few drinks in an evening means I don’t enjoy the next day quite as much. Thanks everyone for all your interesting replies.

Happy 100th Birthday for next week, Bijou. Definitely worth toasting with your favourite tipple.

Stout - full of B Vitamins and iron. [wink}

Bijou can we have a party for you? Despite this thread I will definitely bring and

Bijou carry on carrying on 🥂 cheers

GN used to have some great parties!

We look forward to wine o clock each night! 2 glasses each usually- more if entertaining!
Both fit and well, not overweight, don’t smoke, eat a very healthy diet, walk every day for at least an hour and garden a lot.
Wake up feeling fine! Not so if I eat a load of carbs!

I do drink but very rarely just 1 or 2 gin and tonics once a week or even only once a fortnight. I had an alcoholic stepmother as a child and swore I would never become like her. She came home regularly with police having found her passed out in the gutter and would do anything for the next drink. Very sad really as it ruined her life.

I wouldn't even reach 14 units in a year!
Nor would mr J!

There is no harm in drinking and no virtue in not drinking.

Like everything it is only when done to excess it causes problems and that applies to almost everything, including exercise, eating, choose between anorexia and obesity, but I am sure neither of those will stop you enjoying your supper this evening, with or without a glass of wine.

My doctor friend tells me they mentally doubled the answer when asking a patient how much alcohol they consume. Hey Bijou...👍🌷

Recommended levels vary widely across the EU (Poland has the highest) so one wonders on what firm evidence it is based here.

Yes, I have heard that as well, although how they manage when I say 'I really do not know, but I haven't had a drink since Easter Sunday' I am not sure,

After a brush drinking too much years ago (showbiz), I hardly drink now and I know I had a lucky escape.
A couple of drinks socially now and then and never at home alone as it affects my concentration for reading or tv.
It’s a blessing I had low tolerance and always felt so ill afterwards, otherwise I’m pretty sure I would be an alcoholic now. I had colleagues who drank as much as I did if not more and they could wake up bright and cheery the next day.

If it suits you and you can keep it under control, enjoy yourselves.