Meet Susan and Matt...
Susan is 42 and works full time for a local furniture manufacturer. She is married to Matt who is
temporarily unemployed and has 3 children who no longer live at home.
How much does Susan drink every week?
Susan and Matt buy a staggering 3 bottles of wine 5 times a week. That’s a grand total of 135 units a week between them.
"Matt drinks faster than me so I suppose I have a third of the bottle and he has two thirds."
Susan drinks approximately 45 units a week that’s over 3 times the recommended limit for women.
Matt drinks approximately 90 units a week that’s over 4 times the recommended limit for men.
Are Susan and Matt over the recommended
levels?
In a nutshell, yes! Although they have two alcohol free nights, they binge drink on the other five.
Problems they have recently had
Susan has felt no ill affects, however that doesn’t mean that there is no damage. Her drink intake has risen steadily over the years and Matt’s liver test has convinced her that her liver is fine too. Alcohol affects much more than the liver, it affects the heart, the brain and every single organ in the body.
What are they going to do?
"We’re going to cut down and see if we feel the benefit, I know we will financially as we spend £50 a week on wine which we can ill afford. We’ll try to just buy 1 bottle of good wine rather than 3 and see how it goes."
They seriously need to slow down on the booze, check their joint progress over the next few months...