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Possibly. Healthwise, a drink or two every day is actually beneficial. The fact that he says he used it as a crutch, possibly. At least he recognizes it in the

Possibly. Healthwise, a drink or two every day is actually beneficial. The fact that he says he used it as a crutch, possibly. At least he recognizes it in the end.

DanBC 13y ago
> Healthwise, a drink or two every day is actually beneficial. Please don't say this - it isn't supported by science. A small amount of alcohol per week might be beneficial for some conditions, but might make others worse. When you consider what many people see as "one drink" compared to the actual measure of alcohol we see that many people drink much more than a small amount of alcohol per week. In the UK we use "units" as a simple public health measure. One unit of alcohol is given by serving size (in ml) * Alcohol by volume / 1000. 125 ml of wine at 8% ABV is one unit. It's hard to find wine at 8% ABV now. And if someone poured you a 125 ml serving you'd laugh and call them back. People are much more likely to drink "a glass of wine", say 225 ml at 13.5% ABV. That's about 3 units. UK recommendations for men are no more than 3 to 4 units per day, and not every day. For women the recommendations are no more than 2 to 3 units a day, and not every day. People should leave 48 hours clear if they have had a heavy drinking session. (http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/10October/Documents/whats_your_poison_1.0.pdf http://www.nhs.uk/news/2011/10October/Documents/whats_your_p...) (http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/alcohol/Pages/Alcoholhome.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/livewell/alcohol/Pages/Alcoholhome.aspx)