Alcohol Guidelines for Drinking Safely

Many of us like a drink, some of us get drunk regularly, but how much is considered a safe limit for our bodies?

You’ve most likely seen information on units and ml of ethanol in drinks which weren’t necessarily that simple to understand.

The safe recommended amounts here are displayed in terms of drinks as this makes more sense to everyone.

If you're a lady then see what the alcohol guidelines for drinking are for you here

Men's recommended weekly amounts

Beer drinking men

So the recommended alcohol limits per week are:

- 9 pints of normal strength beer at 4-5% alcohol

- 10,5 pints for weaker beers at 3 or 4%

- 7-8 pints of stronger beer at around 6%

If you only drink halves, double the above figures.

Remember fellas, this is per week not per night!

Wine drinking men

- 14 glasses per week of 12% content wine

For fortified wine, life port or sherry: Using a 50ml measure as a basis.

- 21 measures per week at 20% content

Spirits drinking men

- 21 measures of a single shot of spirits

- 10,5 measures of doubles

Seems pretty easy to go over these limits!

I’d better chill on the drinking myself actually.

This doesn’t mean you if you go and drink 9 pints in one night once a week it’s all hunky dory!

Guidelines for daily drinking limits are recommended too. Read on.. What are the daily alcohol guidelines? How much can you safely drink per day?

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