What’s everyone else like?

The benefits of cutting down HACKNEY ALCOHOL BRIEF ADVICE

% of Adult Population Psychological/Social/Financial
 Improved mood
Population by Risk Category
 Improved relationships
 Reduced risks of drink driving
70.0%
 Save money
60.0%
Physical
 Sleep better
50.0%  More energy
 Lose weight
40.0%  No hangovers
Male
 Reduced risk of injury
Female
30.0%  Improved memory
 Better physical shape
20.0%  Reduced risk of high blood pressure
 Reduced risk of cancer
10.0%
 Reduced risks of liver disease
 Reduced risks of brain damage
0.0%
Abstaining Low er risk Increasing Higher risk
risk

What targets should you aim for?

Tips for cutting down
 Have an alcohol free-day once or twice a week Men & Women should not exceed 14 units in a
 Plan activities and tasks at those times you week to be drinking at “lower risk”. This
would usually drink consumption should not be taken on a single day
 When bored or stressed have a workout instead but be spread over at least 3 days with several
of drinking alcohol-free days a week.
 Explore other interests such as cinema, exercise
etc There is no safe limit for alcohol consumption and
 Avoid going to the pub after work women who are pregnant should abstain from alcohol
 Have you first drink after starting to eat completely.
 Quench your thirst with non-alcohol drinks before
and in-between alcoholic drinks
 Avoid drinking in rounds or large groups
 Switch to low alcohol beer / lager Making your plan
 When you do drink, set yourself a limit and stick
to it 1. __________________________________
 Avoid or limit the time spent with “heavy” drinking
2. __________________________________
friends
3. __________________________________
Leaflet based on Drink Less materials originally
developed at the University of Sydney as part of 4. __________________________________
a W.H.O. collaborative study.
 This is one unit... To work out how many units you are drinking, visit www.dontbottleitup.org.uk There are times when you will be at risk
even after one or two units. For example,
with strenuous exercise, operating heavy
How many machinery, driving or if you are on certain
units did you medication.
drink today? If you are pregnant or trying to conceive,
Half pint of 1 very small 1 single 25ml 1 small 50ml 1 single 50ml it is recommended that you avoid
regular beer, glass of wine measure of glass of sherry measure of
spirits (40%)
drinking alcohol.
lager or cider (17.5-20%) aperitifs (17.5-
(4%) (9%) 20%)
Your screening score suggests you are
drinking at a rate that increases your risk
...and each of these is more than one unit of harm and you might be at risk of
problems in the future.

A pint of A pint of Alcopop (5%) 440ml can of 440ml can of

“regular” beer, “strong”/ or a 275ml “regular” lager “super 250ml glass of Bottle of wine
lager or cider ”premium” bottle of or cider (4%) strength” lager wine (75cl)
(4%) beer, lager or regular lager (9%) (12%)
cider (5%) (4%) (12%)