hmmn i feel i might have to stop, i can sometimes drink half of a litre bottle vodka in one night, allways drink a pint water b4 go to bed and in morning have bog cup coffe and brekkie in morning

but i just looked at bottle it says 37.5 units per bottle so im consuming 18 ish units



fook me there must be an extremely strong chance of me being over limit at say 10 am

im a very large lad tall big build dont know if that makes difference or not?

 

to be hinest i think its all dependant on the person

as you may be able to drink more then the next chap and handle it better

anyone tried them home breath testers?

 

i was just thinking the same, if theres a good one that gives accurate readings i might buy itif im over i can have another coffe and hang on for a bit

 

Hi 18 units equals in a normal person 18 hours after stopping drinking to process to BAC zero, so no matter what your build it makes NO difference, if you finish drinking at 11pm at 10am you'd still have atleast 7 units in your blood, so yes OVER the limit.

 

I dont know how anyone can drink vodka.Its like posion to me.

 

Not sure if your saying you drink 18 units everynight , or on the odd ocassion you are , if its daily then thats 126 units a week !!!, the recommended consumption for men is around 21 units a week . Id be more concerned about liver damage than whether you might be slightly over the limit in the morning. as your daily tolerance increases , the ability of your liver to produce the enzymes that break down the ethyl alcholol decreases. it may be worth asking for a simple liver function blood test from your doctor , its known as a gamma GGT test and is a good indicator of the condition and function of your liver. you may be shocked at the high figure .
best regards

 

Me and the girlfriend were drinking way to much, maybe 2 bottles of wine a night and 4 on a Friday/Saturday. Got to the stage that 1 bottle each didn't even touch the sides....

Not had a drink now for 4 weeks, feel so much better for it! Wont drink now till Christmas....

 

i'm in this boat, i was typicall drinking a half bottle of whisky about 4-5 nights a week while she has various amaretto/malibu and stuff, packed it in now though, limiting myself to 2 nights a week

 

Glen mate vodkas top draw, is it too strong for you? LOL

 

can anyone suggest a reliable tester? shit loads on ebay most of em cheap jap crap tho

 

if you are a big lad then you will be able to handle it better than a smaller person. thats what they say on all the cop programs . . .

 

Don't mind the taste so much, it's my stomach that rejects it the moment it reaches it. uke:

 

so would anyone say 50 units over 7 days is really bad for a 39 year old,6ft tall and about 14.5 stone??


Oooops Edited lol

 

your 4.5 stone!!!!!!!

i think you know if you are drinking too much

its just how strong you are to do something about it

 

The thing is, im at a point in life where im comfortable,moneys not much of a problem,family seems all ok, everythings good.

I gave up my life of cars a few years back now and have settled on a dirty ol' diesel, so dont have any other vices at all only 3-4 cans of beer a night.

 

Spot on.

Just because drink is legal doesn't get away from the fact its a dangerous drug, theres plenty of people out there with fucked up lives because of alcohol.

 

Booze is addictive, and I think it is easy to get on a slippery slope, plus the more you drink the more you will be able to handle, and this is not ideal for your organs.

I have a mate who actually stopped drinking as he could see that he was becoming an alcoholic, laid of the booze for a good six months and is now a far more reserved drinker.

Another mate drinks around 6 cans per night, i went round to see him and felt hammered by the time I left and was rough the next day, he does this and feels no effects the next day now, his weight has also rocketed in a bad way.

My uncle died from alcohol the other year, he drank all his life (weel to when he died at 50) and was ok on the vodka, but being on the dole eventually lead him to drinking cheap sherry - the volume he could buy compaired to vodka did him in, was to much booze and constant.

Funnily my aunte is following in his foot steps, was a proper glamour puss, now looks haggered and watched her wobbling down the street the other day with no shoes on out of her mind.

Not saying that this will happen to anyone that drinks, but as my mate found out, it is scary when you suddenly reaslise you NEED to have a drink and if not controlled, how easy it is to get worse and worse.

 

see, theres the difference, this being need and feel like, i feel like a drink most nights and do, but i d refrain from drinking before 8.30pm, im not sure why but i think its so i can be sure of still having some control over the drink.

as said it may be only 3-4 cans a night, but i feel some nights after work i could do with a drink.

 

id hate to work out what im doing to my self at the weekends,,,, though i never drink on a school night due to my MEGGA hangovers,,, if i go out friday i will be in bed till 3ish in the afternoon

infact this friday i was still drunk when i was in the bank at 11ish,,,,, then i went to a wedding (late "doh") and i got up at 6ish this evening

wonder if thats a bad thing ?

 

i dont touch a drop till after kids go to bed at at 7pm but yes i do feel i drink too much

 

Just because you don't drink during working hours and that you only drink after certain times in the day doesn't mean that your in control or not addicted. Whether you want to accept the fact or not, if you've been drinking daily for a reasonable period of time, the chances are you are addicted to alcohol but too freightend to admit it.

 

that maybe true on the roadside breath tester , but your build is irrelevant as regards the toxic effect on your liver . the emzine ability of the liver has nothing to do with size , build etc . the original poster of this thread , whos consuming 18 units , is without doubt having an adverse effect on their liver , its only because it doesnt have an "instant" measurable effect that they are continuing . a few years of this level of consumption and its having irreversabile effects. liver transplant patients list increasing every year

 

Just to point out cirrosis affects 1 in 7 alcoholics, so 6 of those can drink what they like without liver failure! General rule is it would take drinking 20 units aday for 10 years to fuck your liver up if you was that 1 in 7, although you will get a fatty liver.

 

What is the drink drive limit? 1 unit?