Moderating In A More Challenging Environment Part II
The wheels came off. The consequences of utter social disaster were avoided by the narrowest of margins.
To complete my list of alcohol imbibed while in England:-
- Wednesday – none
- Thursday – 1 can lager (2.3 units)
- Friday – 0.5 bottle of wine, 2 * single gin, 1 pint (9.6 units)
- Saturday – 3 * bottled beer, 8 measures of gin, 1 pint (18 units)
- Sunday – none
In all 29.9 units. Plus 48 units (see previous post) makes…..
- 78 units in 9 days (or 3.5 times the safe weekly limit)
- 8.7 on average a day (2 times the daily safe limit)
- or 13 units on average for each actual drinking day (3 times the daily safe limit)
It is terrible when you see it all written down. Worst of all I have been less of a drunk this week than I used to be in normal life. I don’t even want to think of the health consequences of that.
On the last Saturday I really did lapse back into the old steaming drunk NormalAbnormalDrinker of old. I even told my lady friend that she was a ‘typical example of boring moderation’. Can you believe that! How twisted alcohol can make you!! I laughed my head off when she told me that in the morning. Fortunately so did she.
What to do about it? I successfully implemented 6 of 16 rules. About two thirds. I am drinking two thirds too much so maybe I should impliment the rest.
What would happen if I’d had one soft drink (as per the rules) on each night. That’s c.12 units knocked off. (66 total)
And if I’d gone to the cinema one night instead. Another 13 units off. (53)
And if I’d stopped at 10 units each other nights. (50)
That would be 20 units over 1.5 weeks allowance. Though that allowance isn’t exactly lax given the way we are in the UK.
So I can get a lot less unhealthy but I’d have to change my social focus (sport?) to really be within health limits.
