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11 August 2011 / Graham Sievers
Issue: 7478 / Categories: Features , Health & safety , Family , Mental health
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Sobriety to excess

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Graham Sievers analyses parental alcohol use, from abstinence through to chronic abuse

The National Statistics office together with the NHS Information Centre issued its latest findings on alcohol in England in May. For men, 26% reported drinking more than 21 units in an average week and for women, 18% reported drinking more than 14 units in an average week. Government recommendations at the time of publication are that adult men should not regularly drink more than 3-4 units of alcohol a day (approximately 21 a week) and adult women should not regularly drink more than 2-3 units a day (approximately 14 a week).

Hazardous drinking

Hazardous drinking is defined as a pattern of drinking which brings about the risk of physical or psychological harm. Harmful drinking, a subset of hazardous drinking, is defined as a pattern of drinking which is likely to cause physical or psychological harm. It is estimated that more than
2.6 million children in the UK live with hazardous drinkers, 705,000 live with a dependent drinker, and more

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