Alcohol Awareness Week is running from 14 – 20 November. Alcohol Awareness Week gives us a time to think about how much we do drink. Most people who have alcohol-related health problems aren’t alcoholics. They’re simply people who have regularly drunk more than the recommended levels for some years. Regularly drinking more than the recommended daily limits risks damaging your health.

There’s no guaranteed safe level of drinking, but if you drink less than the recommended daily limits, the risks of harming your health are low. In alcohol awareness week why not take time to think about your drinking and take some steps to cut down on your intake.

• men are not meant to drink more than 3-4 alcohol units a day
• women should not drink more than 2-3 units.

A lot of people don’t know what units actually mean in terms of what they drink - and therefore don’t know when they’re drinking too much! Why don’t you test how much alcohol you are consuming by using the online ‘Know Your Score’ tool or alternatively you could try using the alcohol demotivator - you may be very surprised at the results!

NHS Choices also have apps and advice to help you cut down on your alcohol intake find out more here: www.nhs.uk/Change4Life/Pages/sneaky-drinks.aspx

• To find out more about Alcohol Awareness Week go to: https://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/alcohol-awareness-week
• To read Live It Wells Alcohol advice go to: www.liveitwell.org.uk/ways-to-wellbeing/better-physical-health/alcohol.