{"id":645,"date":"2019-11-21T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T11:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=645"},"modified":"2019-11-21T11:13:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T11:13:35","slug":"health-and-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londondrinker.camra.org.uk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/health-and-wellbeing\/","title":{"rendered":"Health and wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <strong>ROUND AND ROUND <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A<\/strong>s the festive season approaches, this may be especially relevant.\nDrinkaware, the independent, industry-funded alcohol education charity,\nrecently issued a report on the subject of drinking in rounds. They say that\n35% of the 2,000 people surveyed drink more than they intend because they were\ndrinking with others. There is, they say, a culture of peer pressure around\ndrinking, especially in the 18 to 24 age group, with 34% drinking more than\nthey wanted because they did not want to be impolite and refuse a drink and 29%\nsaying they wanted to keep up with others. Work appears to be a flashpoint with\n43% of people saying there is too much pressure to drink when socialising with\nwork colleagues while 13% of men and 8% of women say that they are influenced\nto drink more by their boss or superior. Worryingly, 21% admitted to having\nencouraged someone to drink more alcohol after they said they didn\u2019t want to\nand 19% had given someone an alcoholic drink or topped up their glass without\nasking first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t dispute the validity of this research. I suspect that we\nhave all experienced it at some point. Surely however, in practice, it has to\nbe down to the individual. If you prefer to \u2018stay on your own\u2019, as indeed I do,\njust do so. Others must then respect that decision and under no circumstances\nshould anyone force alcohol onto others. That is anti-social behaviour at its\nworst. It helps if the pub has some decent no or low alcohol drinks available\nand is prepared to serve the occasional pint of tap water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is worth remembering here that it is against the law to buy\nalcohol for someone who is already drunk, just as it is illegal for bar staff\nto serve alcohol to someone who is inebriated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to investigate this further, Drinkaware have an\nAlcohol Vulnerability Awareness e-learning course which gives practical advice\non how to support the vulnerable, see <em>elearning@drinkaware.co.uk. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CUTTING BACK <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A<\/strong>nother recent Drinkaware reports says that, of 3,000 people\nsurveyed, it is the 40 to 64 age group that have most problems in cutting back,\nwith only 49% doing so. This, of course, presumes that they feel that they need\nto, and brings us back to the old issue of the alcohol limits. To remind you,\nthe limit is 14 units a week on a regular basis for both men and women while\nthe definition of \u2018binge drinking\u2019 is more than eight units of alcohol in a\nsingle session for men and six units for women. Eight units is the equivalent\nof four pints of a 3.5% ABV beer. The sensible part of this advice is to have\nseveral alcohol-free days each week, which a number of my friends and I do, and\nis recommended. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Compiled by Tony Hedger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROUND AND ROUND As the festive season approaches, this may be especially relevant. 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