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Adrian Chiles the presenter and Baggies fan is in the papers and on the news as he was stunned to find he was drinking over 100 units of alcohol when he kept a record of his consumption. The health guidance is no more than 14 units per week.
He only had two pints of Guinness after work when meeting up with a mate after work and before going home and a glass of wine indoors. Added to that he have a few before the match, and possibly a normal night out once a week.
I tend not to drink alcohol very much these days but in my younger days I would probably averaged at least two pints per day over the week - if not higher - although I've never really been a big wine or spirits drinker.
I've never considered myself to be a big drinker and a bit like Childs, I was very much a social drinker - I never drank alone even at home - and seldom were the times I ever really got drunk.
As the years went passed though I noticed more and more that I began to feel bad the day after a session, were before it never troubled me.
My body also began to tell me that I didn't want that extra pint, sort of in a 'full up' sort of way rather than getting 'the shakes' or anything else.
So in the end I've gradually stopped drinking much.
I still go out and have the occasional beer but never have wine with my food if I go to a restaurant like I used to have.
So these days I'm nowhere need the 14 units a week level let alone Childs 100 per week.
But how about you?
Do you think Childs total is excessive - obviously health wise it is but it just seems nothing out of the ordinary in the way he's explained things?
What's your tipple - and do you enjoy it perhaps a little bit more than you should?
If so will you cut back now or will you think you might as well enjoy it now because you're a long time dead!
Cheers!
He only had two pints of Guinness after work when meeting up with a mate after work and before going home and a glass of wine indoors. Added to that he have a few before the match, and possibly a normal night out once a week.
I tend not to drink alcohol very much these days but in my younger days I would probably averaged at least two pints per day over the week - if not higher - although I've never really been a big wine or spirits drinker.
I've never considered myself to be a big drinker and a bit like Childs, I was very much a social drinker - I never drank alone even at home - and seldom were the times I ever really got drunk.
As the years went passed though I noticed more and more that I began to feel bad the day after a session, were before it never troubled me.
My body also began to tell me that I didn't want that extra pint, sort of in a 'full up' sort of way rather than getting 'the shakes' or anything else.
So in the end I've gradually stopped drinking much.
I still go out and have the occasional beer but never have wine with my food if I go to a restaurant like I used to have.
So these days I'm nowhere need the 14 units a week level let alone Childs 100 per week.
But how about you?
Do you think Childs total is excessive - obviously health wise it is but it just seems nothing out of the ordinary in the way he's explained things?
What's your tipple - and do you enjoy it perhaps a little bit more than you should?
If so will you cut back now or will you think you might as well enjoy it now because you're a long time dead!
Cheers!
