Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

It’s worth giving some thought to your own pattern of drinking and how you can manage it so you enjoy alcohol safely. Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

Tips for managing your drinking– Function Venue Melbourne

• Eat before or while drinking and avoid salty snacks, which make you thirsty.
• Be assertive – don’t be pressured into drinking more than you want or intend to.
• Know your limits and stick to them.
• Stay busy – don’t just sit and drink. Dance or have a game of pool if you’re at a pub.
• Try not to confuse large measures of alcohol with standard measures, eg a glass of wine served at a party or at home may be much larger than the standard 125mls.
• Keep track of your drinks and don’t let people top up your drink until it’s finished.
• Try alternating alcoholic drinks with water or other non-alcoholic drinks. Add plenty of mixer to your drinks to make them last longer.
• Avoid rounds, ‘shouts’ and kitties – drink at your own pace, not someone else’s.
• Drink slowly – take sips not gulps.

Drinking myths– Function Venue Melbourne

Don’t believe everything you hear about alcohol. Here’s some help with those frequently aired myths. Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

Alcohol is good for the heart– Function Venue Melbourne

Research shows that moderate drinking (one or two units of alcohol a day) may reduce the risk of developing heart disease ONLY for men aged over 40 years or women who’ve been through menopause. There is NO evidence that non-drinkers should start drinking alcohol. Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

Alcohol cheers me up– Function Venue Melbourne

Drinking too much tends to make you focus on your problems rather than forget them. Alcohol is a depressant and, in the long run, could make it more difficult for you to cope with any problems you already have. Drinking too much could also lead to new problems, such as illness, an accident or financial difficulties. Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

Beer will make me less drunk than spirits– Function Venue Melbourne

One unit of beer contains the same amount of alcohol as one unit of spirits (but various drinks may affect people’s moods differently).

Drinking coffee will sober me up– Function Venue Melbourne

Drinking coffee will make you a ‘wide awake’ drunk. Caffeine in coffee is a stimulant, so you might feel more alert, but it does not make you sober.

I’ll be fine in the morning– Function Venue Melbourne

It takes approximately one hour for your liver to process (metabolise) one unit of alcohol. Sleep will not affect this and you will not necessarily be sober in the morning. This depends on the number of units you drank the night before. You can still be over the legal drink-driving limit the next morning. Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

I’ll be okay if I drink plenty of water before I go to bed– Function Venue Melbourne

This may reduce the symptoms of a hangover by preventing dehydration, but it won’t make you any less drunk or protect you from the damaging effects of alcohol. Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking

Alcohol-related problems are mostly caused by ‘alcoholics’– Function Venue Melbourne

Immediate problems like motor accidents, violent assaults and accidental injury are mostly caused by moderate drinkers who occasionally overdo it. Function Venue Melbourne: Get to Know Your Own Drinking