[adjejmxbdjdn]

Alcohol education classes promote (or used to promote…I had to attend one a couple of decades ago in college), the 1-2-3 system.

Not more than 1 unit an hour, don’t average more than 2 units a day over a week, and never exceed 3 units a day.

The caveat here is that a unit is much less than a regular serving size. A pint of beer is usually closer to 2 units.

So the recommendation was to not average more than a pint of beer a day, and to never drink more than about 1.5 pints in a day.

It’s much more stringent than people imagine.

[bluefirebrand]

> It’s much more stringent than people imagine

Only from a perspective of "drinking any amount of alcohol daily is normal"

I realize that I'm a pretty extreme outlier in that I don't drink alcohol almost at all anymore.

Even when I did drink, drinking any amount daily would have been unfathomable to me. A couple of drinks on Friday and over the weekend was plenty. Maybe one drink after work on a weeknight if I went out with coworkers or something

I don't really get why people love it so much, honestly

[triceratops]

I agree with everything you wrote except that last paragraph.

[triceratops]

A pint of beer a day is a lot. It's almost 500 calories - a meal by itself.

EDIT: I multiplied wrong, it's more like 250 calories.

I don't see how that's "stringent".

[jdsnape]

Maybe there are different sized pints, but in the uk a pint of beer is about 200 calories.

Depends on your social circle of course, but it’s pretty standard to have two or three pints if you meet up with friends in a pub.

[triceratops]

Nah I multiplied wrong. Edited my comment.