Government guidelines on drinking

I know a retired pathologist who told me that these unit measures were plucked from the air in the first instance and don't hold up terribly well under scrutiny as indicators of potential damage. He recommends a couple of glasses of red wine per day and I try to take the doctors orders - sometimes have a pre dinner G & T as well. So far my regularly tested LFTs are fine.

I am a binge drinker! I do not drink for weeks and then go out for dinner; have an aperatif before hand and two glasses of wine with a meal.

I do not drink much because, quite simply, I do not like the taste of most alcoholic drinks, I do not like the affect they have on me when I do drink them and dislike even more how I feel afterwards.

DF lived healthly until he was 92 and his drinking habits were similar to mine. His brother, who did drink, quite heavily in his later years died with dementia at 88.

I rarely drink much now. The last time was a small bottle of Peroni about a week ago. On holiday last month I had one and a half bottles of wine at dinner over the week and brought the bottle home with me. If I had a big glass I felt dreadful.
In my 20s very early 1970s with a group of now working school friends we used to go to the pub as the flat was so bad and have about four pints two or three times a week. Never again.

The last time I was hung over was in about 2002 in Chania on Crete. It ruined my last day of a Ramblers holiday. Very poorly I was. #Shouldhaveknownbetteratmyage.

I do drink far more than the recommended limits. Three times a week , one being this evening, DH, who has Alzheimer's and I, have a G& T and a bottle of wine between us. His GP knows this and says nothing mainly because I have said it is the only pleasure we have. If I can get out one evening a week, not always possible, I visit a friend, recently widowed, and we share another bottle of wine. As has been said on many threads on GN, my life my choice.

Yes have a drink if you want and it helps you to relax why not? life's too short to deny yourself every pleasure. I do dry January, but not the rest of the year.

I don't drink now because for some unknown reason I no longer enjoy it; I didn't drink much anyway, and if I do have a glass of wine I can't sleep!

I probably have less than a bottle a year

I don't drink because I don't like how it effects me and I really have never liked the taste. I had some champagne at my Grandsons wedding 3yrs ago but thats the first alcohol I've had in 35yrs.
I don't see there's anything wrong with drinking in moderation if you enjoy it but its not for me.

I also do not like the taste of beer, whisky, gin etc. This rarely happens when I am out because I am usually driving and I never drink and drive. I have consumed 2 bottles of wine since April so I do not think I will be joining the AA just yet.