Meet Joe...
Joe is 55, divorced and delivers for a local bakery.
How much does Joe drink every week?
Joe ‘saves up’ his units for the weekend, during which he drinks up to 30 pints
of lager.
Is Joe over the recommended levels?
Joe drinks up to 84 units every weekend and that’s not taking into account any shorts
or chasers he may down when he’s drunk. That’s four times the recommended weekly
limit - in just 2 days.
Problems Joe has recently had:
"My wife used it as an excuse for leaving me and said I was in the pub all weekend."
Joe has high blood pressure and neglects himself at the weekend by not eating much
and drinking a lot. He solves his Saturday morning hangover by having a hair of
the dog before lunch and then goes straight to the pub for a heavy drinking session,
Joe has a serious problem and has become a danger to himself too.
What is Joe going to do?
Joe needs to break his bad weekend habit. He may need support to do this as it has
become routine and he hasn’t got anything else to do. He probably depends on alcohol
far more than he thinks he does. Watch his progress...
REMEMBER YOU CAN’T SAVE YOUR UNITS UP, THIS COULD LEAD TO INCREASED STRAIN ON
THE LIVER.