With alcohol-related deaths on the rise, Adrian Chiles investigates what we know about the dangers of drinking, and why the alcohol industry isn’t telling us more.
When someone is drinking over 100 units a week of wine…until their liver failed, I find it baffling that that they can say they didn’t realise it was not healthy and it is all the drink industry’s fault. People literally refuse to take and responsibility for their behaviour.
Some people do not have the capacity to investigate and seek out information and warning signs of any course of action. The advertising and publicised availability of drink is not challenged by an equally funded information campaign. This is what needs to happen. The snag is that most countries take a lot of revenue from drink taxes and from the purchases made while people are drinking. Governments therefore do not have a motive to increase spending on health messages and information.
BRAVO! Rather than completely faulting the industry for alcoholism, the bigger issue is our drinking culture and the lack of education on alcoholism provided at schools.
This is not the fault of the industry as such. If no laws are in place regarding advertisng and promoting drink then employees and agents of the industry who refuse to obey industry orders regarding the promotion and selling of increasing volumes of drinkwill be replaced by those people willing to do as they are told. The same thing applied to other personal welfare rules in many sectors of the economy. The rule of law had to be brought in to protect workers and make rules compulsory for all stakeholders in the sector.@@lllcraiglll
I agree, but also you have to consider the fact binge drinking is stupidly encouraged in our culture. Even at 15, I'd have adults encouraging me to drink more and more, ive even heard lines of "Being sick is a sign of a good night"! My own parents, used to allow me to have a pint with a meal or they'd encourage me to "try" a little wine. Changing culture takes generations and luckily, some of the younger generations are waking up to this poison. Something will replace Alcohol though, and we all know what that substance will be. ;)
@@jgdooley2003 no one needs to seek anything out. It is literally written on the bottles how many units you should drink. It is like saying don’t know having a car crash is dangerous until someone explains it to you.
Drinking from age 15 Yes 15, heavy going for 50 years. Then suddenly stopped. Now aged 90 and living a full active life. Good decision back then, and life really began when the drinking stopped
@skierbaz I think you don't know shi+....you talk a good game, but your knowledge of chemistry is none...there's no methanol or impurities in most liquors...your liver is mostly shot from cheap food and sugar...go get a degree in something other than BS and we can talk...mine is BS Chem from Auburn U, 1992
32 year old bloke here, drink always loved it, but its spiralled to more and more, weekends..then everyday...leaving it till later in the day to drink then bam drinking in the morning to feel normal and stop the shakes. Lost my job, friends and many normal things we take for granted, was drinking 12 14 K ciders everyday for 3 4 years then in November was admitted to hospital jaundice and liver cirrhosis...told another drink will kill me so haven't touched a drop since 7nov 2019 and lost 7 stone and I feel good. Anyone out there reading this don't ever think its hopeless, there's help out there and you can do it...hardest thing you'll ever do but you won't regret it, lifes for living dont leave it too late like I did. All the best to you all. Ashley
My dad went through that at 42 (liver cirrhosis) after losing the family and the job. Kept drinking and died at 43. I wish you the best of luck, never look back man.
Adrian's documentary 'Drinkers Like Me' was one of the best documentaries of it's kind I have ever seen. He is an excellent host and it was a very real and honest look into the lives of many. Very eye opening, would definitely recommend it.
If the UK really wants to tackle this, they should ask people why they drink. Is it boredom, frustration, what? They don't want to hear the answers. Most people look forward to getting drunk on a Friday night more than anything else, because they are relaxed and free.
I suspect you are right. We have the same problem here in Australia. It also doesn't help that the State makes massive amount of tax dollars from alcohol sales and the lobbies that the liquor industries have are incredibly powerful. Add to that the fact not many doctors actually know how to deal with alcoholism effectively and you see why this problem is so bad.
You should be asking why the government doesn't want to regulate it even though the health and social care costs are astronomical. Alcohol is a sedative.. and while people are drinking it and creating problems which they have to deal with... they are far too busy fighting amongst themselves than fighting the powers that be, to keep us in a system of debt.
@@khalidacosta7133 It is definitely not that sinister. The government isn't some evil cabal wringing their hands over keeping the population under control. The much simpler answer is money from lobbying and the fact that the majority of the population simply doesn't want any restrictions on alcohol. Any politician who makes alcohol more expensive or restricts it simply won't be reelected.
@@TheMrMacintosh Exactly. If the people want cheap booze, then give it to them... the politicians get more money through back handed deals, the public is fighting amongst itself and then reaching for the answers at the bottom of a bottle so the alcohol industry is happy and the top 1% cash in.... Keep the society dumb and stupid to profit from it!
I was 28 years old in December of 1974 when I took my last drink. I'm 74 years old now. My last drink has stayed my last drink. I could not and did not do it alone. I needed the help of like minded people. I found them in Alcoholics Anonymous. Not trying to sell anyone anything. If you want to drink, have at it. But if you want to stop, know this. Sobriety is not your enemy. Sobriety is not easy but it is so worth it and it is so much easier than leading a life of a drinker. Once alcohol goes bad in a persons life, it never gets good again. If you are in trouble with alcohol (and or drugs) you're in big trouble. Read the book, go to some meetings, decide for yourself.
@@PNEKarl Dear Karl, Thanks for the reply. I hope your just passing through your third year on your way to a new freedom and a new happiness. It was by being a part of the Fellowship that I descovered my self. Who I am, what I am and where I belong. Also a lot about where I don't belong. There are 24/7 zoom meetings going on as a results of Covid. What an age to be alive!
@@crackerjack4790 Thanks @Crackerjack . I've been watching a lot of Adrian Chiles on RU-vid tonight. 'Drinkers Like Us' is well worth a listen. See it from a professional's view. He's one of us. He's getting the message out. I miss my meetings. They were the best. As I type this I've still got my three AA coins/medals for my three years of freedom from the poison. :-(
So after the doctors found blood in my alcohol stream...i decided i better go 2 to the AA, and the receptionist asked me...Sir...r u coming 2 apply for admission...and i was like...aapplyying foooorrr admission?...I've come 2 resign man...
It's tragic that Britain is still so obsessed with alcohol. Binge Britain is an accurate description. Peer pressure is an insidious influence. I wasted so much money and so much time in pubs and bars in my late teens. Drinking very little alcohol or none at all is one of the best things you can do for your health and wellbeing.
The worst it got for me was in 1st year of university. Was spending about £600 a month on drinks, averaged probably 120units per week. I'd be at the sports bar after my morning lecture at 11:00 for my first pint. I've been to hospital, arrested and blacked out many times. Now, I only drink at occasions like birthdays and its always one drink no more.
I used alcohol most of my young teens and adult life to cope with childhood trauma. Now after seeking help with them issues I've now been clean and sober for over 3 years. There are many reasons people drink and its more then just to get drunk.
Im trying to do that, its been a hard life that never amounted to much because I just wanted to go out and enjoy myself on the cider. I ended up not taking my working life seriously, and became so bitter and angry that others were doing better than me that I just went out drinking to block it out. A vicious circle. No good comes from it. Im 53 and really want to enjoy life but ive never had any hobbies, just going to pubs.
I think the culture of drinking in the UK particularly from a young age, is the reason that the UK people have this problem. Not so much the guidelines.
@@Winford.Studios but hasn’t it always been like this? hence the culture. it’s been like this for decades unfortunately. the older adults heavily influence the younger generations
I left the UK 8 years ago and experienced other cultures. Now I see the UK drinking culture as very strange, and just sad. When you're part of UK culture you think drinking is masculine, but when you leave that culture you can see these men look very pale and physically weak. When I was 18 I worked in a pub which attracts a middle aged to older crowd, they would always criticise me for smoking weed (a phase I grew out of very quickly at 19/20), looking back it's laughable these guys would be on their high horse calling a teenager a druggie when they're fully grown men in their 40s and 50s who drink 6 nights a week.
The drinking culture in the uk has always been toxic. Being able to drink heavily is celebrated and being tee total is ridiculed. I have no idea why, its just how things are over here. I don't drink alcohol and I'm veiwed as "boring." "What do you do for fun then?" Is the tragic question I get asked all the time
I live in Scandinavia and I don't drink either however I am neither religious, pregnant, or a prude...I just don't like the taste of alcohol and what it does to my body. Now you should think that would be a simple enough explaination for anyone to understand, but oh no...when it comes to alcohol consumption, then most are freaking morons!
I'm Irish and 10-15 pt's on a Saturday was "normal". I'm a big lad and never had any issues getting home, walking, etc., I was a "good" drunk, etc. But now that I look back and reflect and think of how bad and unhealthy that behavior was. I knew my limit as well but it was an unhealthy one.
I went to a pub in Belfast once. I had already had more than I would normally drink when everyone I was with started putting 20 quid each on the table, as a communal guiness fund. I did too but thought there was no way we would ever get through that (this was in 1997, so that it represented possibly 5-6 pints each) But of course we did. Awful hangover the next day.
I do drink alcohol sometimes, here in the UK is very widely viewed as so regular, although it is a drug. My dad is into his 70s, diabetes, and has very much struggled in this lockdown. Even if he doesn’t drink every day, he TALKS about alcohol, pubs, beer, all the time. He doesn’t smoke cigarettes, views other drugs as disgraceful, but alcohol will forever get a free pass with him. Like we would talk the lockdown and the economy and he will always swing the conversation back to the pub industry - “Oh it will cripple the pubs!” The fact the older generation simply accept alcohol in society and don’t actually view it as a drug is quite sad.
@Mr October. Pubs are a place to socialise and meet people. They have tremendous importance to the local communities. Nothing good will come from they're loss but more isolation and division.
@@demonhalo67 That's what they want. Isolation and division, because then we don't get together and rally against how badly we're getting screwed over by the state.
"widely viewed as so regular, although it is a drug." This is an important point. I get the feeling that people forget that alcohol is a soft drug alongside nicotine.
At the beginning of this month it was seven years ago that I drank my last glas of wine, and smoked my last cigarette. Since then, every day when I wake I am very happy and thankful that I managed to stop smoking and drinking alcohol. No headache, no sour throat, no coughing, no shaking hands, not hiding bottles, etcetera............a normal life without addictions.
Worst thing I ever did was to start on the lager again on Saturdays after a year off. Was the best and most productive year of my adult life. Been off it again 2 months and going to stick with it.
Thats good to hear, im trying so hard to manage it. I was only a social drinker but did it because I was fed up with my life, yet by blotting it out with cider, I never made anything of my life. It has clouded my judgment for so many decades with jobs, property decisions, all of it. Not to mention my digestive system has always suffered but continued because I didn't want to miss out on all the fun. So many regrets. Im 53 and just feel so bad about how ive wasted my life.
@@oddities-whatnot Funny you mention digestion. Mine improved dramatically since stopping. Two fold once you factor all the shite I no longer eat afterwards!
Hey, do you mind explaining why exactly you struggled with the once-per-week drinking after taking that long break for a year? Reason is, I'm currently 1 month in on sobriety and my goal was to reach a year. In order to find my true self and resolve any past anxieties/traumas I am hanging onto.. but lately I have been thinking it would be good to try to moderate alcohol in the future. Because why not? I feel like it's just a matter of willpower. But since you have been through this process, maybe you can shed some light on how the drinking impacted you negatively after your year of sobriety
@@nicebars Hi Nik, I was a weekend binge drinker. I would get 10 cans of lager in and then go to the shop for 4 more afterwards and wake up with horrendous hangovers/anxiety which would last for days. I stopped for a year and started again and the first session was exactly the same as my last session. I had the same tolerance, same lust for more cans and was back to square one. I am now 16 months in and am not intending to start again.
@@eddiemanuk1983 Ok man for sure, I appreciate the honesty.. I'm going to do the year off, then give it a go with moderation and if I catch myself slipping again I'll just go sober for life after that. I know that most problem-drinkers cannot moderate even after time off from the booze, I was just curious what your story was, we will see if I am the exception or fall prey to the same old habits!
It’s disheartening. When you read the RU-vid comments on these videos it seems everyone has such a good and healthy attitude towards alcohol and acknowledge it’s harms. Go out in real life and teetotallers like me often have to explain why we don’t partake in it - on dates, at work social events, weddings etc.
This is why researchers need to find other ways of assessing public consumption rather than just asking people. People will lie. People will virtue signal.
As an Asian student who came here for uni for nearly 4 years, I never quite wrap my head around why classmates around me would spend the precious holidays intoxicated and barely holding themselves together, instead of a nice walk or movies for the weekends. Even so when my dislike for overdrinking could be taken by my British classmates as being "sissy" or not being a good fun.
Exactly, I'd lived in UK for 7 years. Uni drinking was outrageous and really embarrassing. Shame the pub culture extends British drinking throughout adulthood as well. Having beer and wine during the week is something I haven't seen anywhere else
@blate dake well obviously alcoholics can be found anywhere in the world. But is it rationalised by "pub culture" outside the UK? Even drink driving limit had to be adjusted to accomodate it. Brits can also be easily spotted at airports and on holiday due to their out of control drinking
I've always found it completely crazy that all our food packaging has all the information you could ever possible need from macro nutrients, to ingredients. Yet I pick up a bottle of wine and it'll tell me next to nothing about what's really in it or even caloric content. Surely that's wrong?
Not to mention on cigarettes there’s graphic pictures of deaths and there are warnings. And cannabis is presented as a really dangerous drug despite alcohol causing more deaths, both directly and indirectly from the way it changes our behaviour to do dangerous things. Crazy that our discourse refuses to acknowledge that alcohol is even a drug. In modern times, we claim that we are unbiased and we let science and evidence base our laws and progression of knowledge yet we brand alcohol as It’s ’just a drink’ and separate from the idea of class A, B and C drugs for example, despite changing brain chemistry, changing our behaviour as one of the most violent drugs and one of the biggest drugs that kills. Strange don’t you think? I think it’s odd that we put people away for using cannabis but allow people to get hammered from alcohol, dépisté all science and evidence pointing to cannabis being less harmful, both socially and physically. Alcohol causes violent behaviour and makes people do dangerous things which leads to death. Alcohol causes liver disease and can seriously harm your body. Cannabis, when using skunk with high THC content, has a very minor link, in people already at risk naturally, to psychosis. Other than that, if consumed by eating rather than smoking, there are no direct physical side effects. Furthermore, socially, cannabis (despite those it causes psychosis in), it makes people more chilled out, and more relaxed. But the U.K’s attitude and discourse: Alcohol: ‘it’s just a drink don’t worry about it’ Cannabis: ‘oh no the devil’s lettuce! It’s a naughty drug and messes you up!’
Alcohol related violence is a big problem in the UK. I stopped going out at night in town centres years ago. Im 53, it just doesn't feel safe anymore. The problem you get is when you go out drinking, you can be stood next to someone and you have no idea what that persons state of mind is. Someone with problems, just lost their job, or wife has left them, or they think someone has said something about them or given them a funny look, you are looking at someone who is potentially volatile and you have no idea what they are capable of. Thats the random, nasty shit that you get in this country. You only have to read local papers online from around the UK, look at the crimes and there is always unprovoked violence through alcohol.
Yessss. Alcohol is disgusting. I read somewhere that 50%. Of murders are fueled by alcohol. It’s so evil how the government and human greed for money allows such a dangerous and toxic liquid to be sold under the sneaky lie of “ glamour “. It’s a waste to get wasted.
Imagine what it would look like if the UK population stopped drinking, imagine how the NHS & police could do with all that money & time spent on drunk people. It pisses me of to see adults having to be tsken care of on some ER bed, like a little child. And they gotten themselves into that state on purpose..
@@ingridakerblom7577the answer is to do with alcohol what we did with tobacco. Slap pictures of diseased livers on lager cans and drinking rates will come right down
Yes I had one can of strongbow in 2005 and became an alcoholic, gambling addict, spent all my wife's savings on fruit machines then became a heroine addict, got into dept with the chineese Mafia and faked my own death to escape the country and now in rehab. Stay away. One drink can destroy your life for realz
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 Good thing you quit all that before you had to become a hit man, bumping people off for money to feed your habit. That could have land you in the penitentiary.
I was a ‘binge drinker’ since the age of 17 to the age of 30. I gave up and haven’t touched a drink for twenty five years. I have a life now - I would probably be dead by now if I kept going.
So many good comments on here, for me it seems so far off. I am trying though to stop going to the pubs, I know there is more to life than that but when Im out having a good time, everything is fine. Next day is a different matter though. My digestive system has never tolerated alcohol much, yet just did it because everyone else did. Also, I get really down about my life after ive been drinking, knowing ive made a mess of it and not amounted to anything really. I cant turn the clock back so this in itself is one of the reasons I keep going out to the pubs because im fed up with my life, yet the going out drinking is the cause of my life being rubbish.
True! Maybe there is one 'excuse' for this: There is such a thing as moderate drinking that is (almost) harness, such as a glass of wine for dinner. There is no such thing as harmless smoking... smoking is lethal and toxic from the first puff...
I have been drinking since before the price of alcohol increased. Let me tell you, increased pricing DOES NOT stop you from drinking. If you are inclined towards drinking, unfortunately, it doesn't matter what the price is - the consumer will keep on buying, they lose more money, the shops will take in more, the banks charge overdraft fees and the government gets paid more in taxes. There needs to be systematic change, not just simply an increase in unit price. It benefits no one, apart from the people selling the alcohol.
Yeah it doesn't make a difference. I now have the most money I've ever had and live in a place where alcohol is ridiculously cheap BUT it's the lowest I've ever drunk.
When you cut out drinking, you’ll find that you have a whole lot of others demons to deal with. The issue isn’t just drinking, it’s the fact that people have become dopamine addicts who constantly chase instant gratification. The system will never change because they (cooperations) make too much money.
Hm for me it kinda works. recently moved and here alcohol ist ridiculously expensive in comparison to before. I quit har liquor all the way and stick to a 0.33l beer on the weekend. But I also never really had a issue with alcohol, at least I think si
Same logic goes for making drugs illegal. Ppl who want to use drugs will use them regardless of whether they’re freely accessible, affordable and legal or price gauged and a criminal offense. The only thing that changes is an increase in crime. Let’s stop stigmatizing mental health and get ppl the help they need.
I used to drink heavily, but am now teetotal, long-term. I have addressed the issues of problem drinking and alcoholism, as well as drug addiction, in my novel, Distorted Perceptions. More awareness is definitely needed, and the book is my main contribution, in this respect.
One difference I notice between the Uk and Spain say, is that it is easier to buy smaller quantities of beer without penalty. A pack of 4 beers could be €4 say, but if you choose you can split the pack and take just one or two and the cost would still be €1 per can. In the Uk you aren't permitted to do so and where single cans are available you pay a significant premium; a can in this example could be €1.50 or more. That and multi buy offers just encourages excessive drinking. I haven't heard anyone talk about this aspect.
Yes it's not much cheaper at my local shop for a litre of cider vs 2 litres. £1.78 for 2 500ml cans or £2.50 for a 2 litre bottle. So it's actually more cost effective for me to buy a larger quantity then I end up drinking too much lol
I think this is a big issue. If you are going to get more for your money of course you are going to buy the bigger pack and overall pay less. This is why things like discounts on buying more shouldn't be allowed, and we should be more in line with countries like Spain where yu are not penalised for drinking a half or buying a smaller pack but overall not losing out on money. I actually think in my opinion this would stamp out a lot of excessive drinking, maybe not for alcoholics, but for people who do enjoy a drink but then might be swayed into buying more than they really needed and then end up consiming it as a result since it's there.
The pubs used to be open 11-3, 6-10.30, 11.00 on the weekends. Then it got like everything, football, cinema etc, too expensive for the working person. So they started drinking at home, the rocky road to ruination.
I guess you don't have a Wetherspoons nearby. Pints can be as low as £1.69. I remember paying £2 back in the mid 90s. Though I admit trendier pubs are charging nearer £5 a pint. But if we weren't all drinking excessively then it wouldn't matter.
I'm not sure if it's the cost or simply the opening hours. As you said it would be difficult to find a place back in the day that opened after 11 on a weekend. You basically had to find a nightclub
Alcohol triggers a “need more” switch in my brain. After three pints I might as well cancel my dinner plans because I won’t get home until 3am whilst completely trashed!
Ever tried switching to weed? It effect me the same way as alcohol but I don't end up with a hangover and I feel refreshed the next morning. 1 night of pot high destroy my cummulated work week stress the next morning.
@@ToudaHell I get paranoia if I smoke too much weed. Once in a while is fine but recreationally often, it just puts me in a weird shutdown mode. I get super quiet because I think everything I say is either offensive or out of sync with the conversation. It also gives me a shitty hangover where I feel like I’m brain dead for about 6 hours.
Yes. I find it easy to not drink. And I find it easy to have a drink followed by loads more drinks. But I find it impossible to have just one beer. Having nothing at all is far easier.
I'm sorry to say, people will be drinking even after watching this documentary! Hell, _-there-_ they're watching this drunk! I thought britain was the home of tea, not frickin' booze!
In the last doc on this, one guy said he's an irresponsible binge drinker. That hit home! I'll get something I call "the thirst" takes over and I won't stop until I pretty much pass out. The hangovers got so extreme that I only really drink once every couple months. I can have a beer or two now and again at social things, but if I keep drinking beyond that boom the thirst hits.
Peak age of death from alcohol is those 45 -55 years of age, with little or no warning ! I quit 9 months ago, so glad I did. I miss the bar but really feel so much better these days.
Everyone who passes through life with halve an eye open should know that drinking alcohol is bad. There are no warnings on the bottles necessary. I suffer from severe depression. Before I got proper medication I used alcohol to make my life worth living. I stopped at one liter of wine a day. The moment that scared me was feeling the urge to have stronger things than wine. I was lucky to get better pills, therapy and a better job. I think we need much more openness with our problems in our society. Then alcohol will be much less of a problem. I tell everyone that I take pills in order to be normal and that I was in an asylum for a month. More people than not tell me that they have also problems with depression or anxiety. Alkohol is not the problem. It is the society we decide to live in.
I enjoyed Adrian’s documentary “Drinkers Like Me”. I’m 49 and in late June I decided to seriously cut down on my drinking and to get healthier before I turn 50 next year. In the past three months I have had only two beers and no other alcohol, and I’ve started to eat less, cut down on carbs, and walk a lot more. In that short time I’ve lost 25 KGs and I feel a lot better. It doesn’t mean you have to go completely teetotal - at least not for everyone - just choose the occasions when you want to drink and more importantly, when you don’t. Prevention is better than cure, especially when you’re overweight/ obese, and I didn’t want to have to worry about hypertension or diabetes a few years down the track. Where I live in Mexico, all food and drink is clearly labelled if it is high in calories, sugars or salt. Alcoholic drinks around the world should be labelled likewise, just like warning signs are placed on packets of cigarettes. Well done to Adrian or awarding awareness of the perils of misuse of this legal drug.
So true, and the reason ive done it for 30 years or so. No the low self esteem but, was fed up with my life after a break up with a girlfriend in 1995 and just went out pubbing and clubbing to escape it but got hooked on going out enjoying myself, yet that in itself caused me to not take a career seriously and ended up in rubbish jobs most of my life so far. All because of the booze. I regret that so much. It clouds your judgment.
Imagine blaming alcohol deaths on pricing and regulation and not the fact the country is has gone to shit so badly it drives people to drink to numb themselves.
Oh yeah, I totally agree. Same in the US, but instead of alcohol its a lot of legal prescription drugs. There's something seriously wrong with our current cultures on multiple levels.
No question. You guys' Iron Lady once said there's no such thing as society, only individuals. I don't think it was true then but I think it's slowly becoming true now. People used to live in small communities, they used to know their baker and their butcher, they used to visit friends day in day out, their work had an impact on their local community... These days everyone is alienated from their neighbours, everyone works so many hours for large companies that don't give a shit about them and they fill this void with empty consumerism and even more empty social media. But I don't think this is caused by culture or anything, I think it's the material conditions. You need two people working full time to buy even the smallest house these days and you're either working an incredibly stressful job or a job that is meaningless. You don't have time to raise kids, let alone bond with your community. You get home exhausted and then you still have to work to clean and cook... No wonder people want some easy escape.
Alcohol deaths is due to people starting to drink period and get addicted..all you can do is vote,raise awareness, volunteer to help causes and get on with your life! Don't become a puppet or weak because of this or that, if you don't like something get off your ass and change the situation
I didn’t need the calories at 50 years old. And I wanted to run marathons. I didn’t really drink much but probably got 14 units a week in, maybe up to 20 on occasion, just with social drinking, or wine with meals. I like the taste of alcoholic drinks, but not the effects. I think that’s a key differentiator between those that can moderate and those that cannot. That said, I just dropped it and linked the abstention to my training. Once I’d completed a marathon training cycle, I couldn’t imagine letting that fitness slip. It was so hard to gain in the first place. And because not drinking was linked strongly to my running, if I kept up the training regimen, I kept up the alcohol free lifestyle. Even if you aren’t dependent, it’s so engrained in our culture it’s still hard to do. Like Adrian Child’s said, it’s the only drug you have to apologize for not using.....It’s been nearly two years since I last had any alcohol. I’m never going back. I don’t even have a celebratory glass on big occasions. Never. It takes discipline.
@@kikhazz Coming up for 5 years now. Just smashed the Berlin Marathon with my fastest ever time and qualified for Boston with a big margin for the seventh time on the trot…..;)
Mayo Clinic says: Consuming seven or more drinks per week is considered excessive or heavy drinking for women, and 15 drinks or more per week is deemed to be excessive or heavy drinking for men. A standard drink, as defined by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), is equivalent to: 12 fl oz.
Agreed. But neither are even in top ten for world. Scary. worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcoholism-by-country alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/fact-sheets/alcohol-statistics
As I get older, I drink less and less. Spent a full year in lockdown working from home and still only drank once or twice a week, and not an excessive amount. I am concerned about the amount some of my friends drink, especially at home.
Adrian Chile's said in this documentary 'No ones suggesting write alcohol kills on it (alcohol bottles)'.....I think they should write that on all alcohol bottles!
I only limit myself to 2 alcoholic drinks when I visit the pub, after that I mostly go soft drinks or zero alcohol beverages. I usually drink on a Sunday when I'm not working. When I was a student 3 pints was my limit, I could remember feeling dizzy when walking home and almost walked into doors. I don't let alcohol become part of my life because I'm aware of how it can badly damage relationships, finances, health etc.
Fuck you're A DRAMA QUEEN MOST PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD ARE STILL DOING THIS LOL IT'S JUST THE FUCKING MEDIA IS FEAR MONGERING WITH COVID AND MAKING IT SEEM LIKE THE WHOLE WORD AIN'T DOING THIS LOL
@@jayd4037 fear mongering? I lost my uncle to this disease, my friend lost his sister and my mum lost her friend and neighbour, thank God for scaremongering, it no doubt saved a few thousand lives.
@@charlottebruce979 YEAH THAT'S YOU BILLIONS OF OTHER'S HAVEN'T YOU COULD SAY THAT ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS LIFE THREATENING LOL AND IT'S A VIRUS NOT A DISEASE AND JUST BECAUSE IN YOUR WORLD THAT HAPPENED DOESN'T MEAN THE SAME FOR EVERYONE ELSE LIKE LOOK UP THE FUCKING STATISTICS IT'S FEAR MONGERING AT IT'S BEST. 7 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD NOT JUST YOU AND YOUR FAMILY YEAH IT'S SAD YOUR FAMILY EXPERIENCED THE VIRUS AND RESULTED IN DEATH BUT FOR 98% OF OTHER'S IT DIDN'T AND YOU SHOULD BE BLAMING CHINA FOR YOUR FAMILIES DEATH AS THEY BASICALLY RELEASED BIOLOGICAL WARFARE ON THE WORLD AND ARE GETTING AWAY WITH IT AND NO ONE IS HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE???? MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THEN JUST CHINA INVOLVED WITH THIS VIRUS AND GETTING RICH OFF IT OPEN YOUR EYE'S SHIT IS NOT AS IT SEEMS AND YOUR FAMILY HAVE FELL VICTIM TO IT THIS VIRUS SHOULDN'T EVEN EXIST.
@@jayd4037 I think it's fair to say that until something affects you directly you will have no significant understanding of the potential risks and outcomes. My partner lost 3 family members. Leaving a 3yr old without a mother or both grandparents. Does it really affect me? Not really as I had never me these people.
It’s brilliant that alcoholic drink producers display unit information. As a regular consumer of alcohol, I am able to keep track of how many units I consume.
I stopped January 4th 2020, on an Allen Carr Easyway clinic in Birmingham. It was without me realising, decades of abuse. Panic, anxiety, mood change, lethargic. Nothing positive, my nerves were shot. I made the right decision. I feel 100% better, from a readily available drug that kills over 3 million a year. I still drink in pubs, and my social life is exactly the same, just without the poison
I personally think it is a universal problem like any form of addiction. In the case with drinking, I would imagine women drink as much as men but besides it, it is acknowledging the problem, not just individuals themselves but better support and awareness for all including future generations.
I do not drink nor do I smoke; but I have to admit once in awhile a beer does taste good. I went to England for conference in 2018, and the atmosphere in pubs induced me to drink a beer.
I drink. But I know the consequences. This is why when I catch myself with a bigger load of bottles, I put on the breaks. My last alcohol was a glass of wine several days ago, and before that it was a beer every other day. My knowledge and awareness is from having 2 alcoholics in the family, who are the cause for at least half of the problems that exist in my life at the moment. Whatever happens, I don't want to be like them. There should be PSA campaigns about the effects of alcohol, what counts as alcoholism, and how easy it is to become one without noticing. People that decide to drink should know very well what that does to the brain short-term, and what it does to the whole body long-term, and how much it hurts the whole family.
Gave up drinking and smoking on my 50th birthday 16 years ago and to be honest life without booze and ciggies is actually incredibly boring and going out socialising is about as much fun as going to the dentist :-(
I have lost to many family members to alcohol my step brother and step mom both died because of alcohol addiction, my mum and two brothers are alcoholics and my dad is a ex alcoholic and is over 10 years sober i myself hate alcohol.
Thank you for being so transparent I wish you the best for me I had to stop completely because I didn’t have an off switch looking forward to more videos
Anything in excess can be bad. Social drinking is fine. Part of being an adult is knowing when is enough. It's the same with food, sex, excercise, sleeping, etc
@@simonscowled9925 it's different, sadly..people these days are lazy for xyz factors,phones,tv etc..it takes effort to keep in good shape exercise etc..drinking is a "lazy" habit, no effort you just sit and drink and the addiction creeps in very slowly as years go by
Welcome Clair for quitting the booze, you’ve saved your life by doing that. Unfortunately my mum continued to drink as her health declined she couldn’t stop and it eventually killed her. She only just turned 52 years before she passed
I quit drinking on xmas day and I couldn't be happier! In just 30+ days , I sleep better, have no acid reflux , have more energy and get shit done I always put off and saved myself over $300.-..ill never go back to being controlled by alcohol and if you think it doesn't control you you're lying to yourself
Minimum pricing is a reality in Canada. Most of the alcohol we buy here is very very expensive. You likely would go broke being an alcoholic. Most of that money is tax that goes to gov't.
From my first real drink, straight rye from the bottle, I drank differently from anyone I knew. It became a 24/7 job to make sure I had a good supply stashed away all over the apartment. On my way to work I would buy a bottle of vodka, apparently no one could smell it on my breath...right. Long story short, with the help of the women in CMHA, I went into treatment and found my way to Alcoholics Anonymous. I have family and friends...I am no longer alone.
If you're doing anything to unwind, you should ask yourself what's winding you up. You shouldn't be so stressed out at the end of the day that you need to take a mild sedative.
I used to be part of the drinking culture that was the RAF. Now in my mid fifties I'd say I drink 4 cans a week max on average over a year. Changed days but it's certainly for the best
I remember when Adrian was a fresh faced young thing on some financial show or something lol I don't live in the UK anymore, and I'm shocked when I check in with some of the people I used to see on TV. I'm sure I don't look any better either :)
Frazzle Face You’re right, but here’s a tip: Take your glasses off before you look at yourself in the mirror-without a light on. The improvement is astounding! ;-)
Another confusing factor is the percentage alcohol. A weak IPA might be 3.6% whereas another beer might be 5.5%, or 6.5%. It sounds like a small difference in numbers but in reality is a huge difference in alcoholic effect. Especially if you have a few...
There must be a nobel peace prize for the scientist that can develop a drink that has the good effects of feeling tipsey without the aggression and harmful health effects.
Blaming the government or the alcohol producers for not informing drinkers of the recommended amount is just one more form of self denial by drinkers. People who drink too much know that they are drinking too.
I don’t get that people don’t like us smoking from time to time, yet have no issue with being obese, diabetic and yes binge drinking. At least smoking keeps you slim.
Drink is a killer for some. As a very occasional drinker I don't understand the addiction, but I truly hope that those drinking too much are able to cut back. It's a horrible way to go, you can do it!
The fact is you never know when "occasional" becomes "addicted" til its too late..moderation doesn't work for either, it's pure poison and it's made to make you and everyone addicted.. its that simple
I enjoy beer and bourbon, but I have a number of rules I follow to limit my consumption. I do this for both health and financial reasons. I have a taste for the good stuff. I won't drink during the week. I won't drink in the day time. I won't have more than 4 drinks in an evening when I do drink, and most of the time I only have two. I make occasional exceptions to these rules on holidays or vacation, but that's rare.
I recently returned to the University of Western Australia (UWA); my undergrad was from 1990-1994, which I understand was a binge-drinking heyday (I have read that women in their mid-late 40s are often heavy drinkers as they started back then and simply never stopped). We went out every night apart from Mondays, and there were so many parties...alcohol must have been cheap then, as I don’t remember having trouble finding this lifestyle on a student’s income! A typical uni party would be “bring your own jug”, where everyone brought along plastic 1L jugs, which would be filled from a keg, and which would be used as a drinking vessel...and these jugs would be refilled several times during one session. My first career was at the state’s newspaper, where it was work hard all day, then start drinking together (either work-supplied or at the local pub). I remember doing Saturday morning shifts in my Friday party clothing, not having had time to home first. Although I’ve had periods of self-mandated dry spells I’ve remained a heavy drinker since; beer is now goodish wine, and I spend far too much on it, and am always knackered. Uni today: uni parties are heavily controlled - Guild health reps remind students about the dangers of drinking, and there’s a big awareness that getting blind and virtually passing out leads to sexual assault. On chatting to younger classmates it seems they don’t go out much; the last time I went out with work friends I spent $200 without trying, and only drank beer all night. When I was an undergrad the uni gym was frequented by Human Movement students, who we’d well-meaningly rib for always looking so damn perky on Monday mornings...now it’s a big mainstream part of students’ lives. My point: of course there will be problem drinkers, but it’s far too expensive for students to drink to excess 6 days a week as we did ( although I understand illicit drugs are on the up), and young people seem to be more health-aware than we were. I work in aged care and do wonder whether my lifestyle has set me up for dementia, and whether the heavy drinking women of the ‘90s will present as a problem cohort when we’re older. I’m a Master of Public Health candidate and now realise that actually the “nanny state” has its place in taxing binge drinking out of young people’s reach, and that our gen Zs may very well conduct their lives in a better informed manner than we rollicking Xs.
Sense I started watching my alcohol intake I do check the units and write down how much I drink but b4 that I could be drinking 15+ shots a night for up to 3x a Week.
I'm in the US and once I got sober, I learned so much from other sober people from other countries. I learned that alcohol is viewed too casually in all countries. Here in the US, people will argue that it's a free country & it's their right to drink. In other countries it's argued that it's tradition. Alcohol should be viewed with respect. Not enough education about alcohol is taught in schools & it should be. Because of how destructive it is on the brain at early ages, the legal age should be at least 25, including cigarettes (that's another discussion for another time). I'm not against people drinking, in fact I'm all for it, but as long as there is proper education and common sense regulations. 10 years sober as of 1 March 2020.
Nichole .Alcohol is harmful and destructive to the brain and body at any age the legal age should be at least 25 just moral hypocrisy a ludicrous statement not against drinking alcohol all it's been proven that it is more harmfull than Heroin or crack Cocain, all for it there just makes no sense at all. i am an ex weekend binge drinker i am 66 now never touched the insidous stuff for years now.
OOOOoooo, just wait: Once they beat and shame the smokers out of the sin taxes from which they benefit, they’re coming for the excessive adipose tissue/flying squirrel suited chubbies. Betcha!
Surprised there's no calorie count on booze in the UK. Should be right next to the Alcohol Units section. There's also often no way of telling how much sugar is in a drink.
