Does drinking alcohol in the day affects us differently, or is it all psychological…?
To start with, Andrew explains how does booze affects us in general, regardless of the time of day we’re drinking it.
The way alcohol affects us varies from person to person. Physiologically, it seems men are able to absorb more alcohol than. Tolerance also depends on your size – a big person can drink more than a smaller person – and whether you’ve eaten before drinking, as you’ll absorb alcohol more quickly if you’re drinking on an empty stomach.”
“No one really knows what a unit is,” he says. “Roughly speaking, there’s two and a half units in a pint of beer or cider, and about 10 units in a bottle of wine. So the guidelines are to drink no more than a bottle and a half of wine a week, but that’s not absolute. We wouldn’t say, ‘if you drink 14 units you’ll be fine, if you drink 15 units you’ll be ill’.
or spoiling some of our friendships or activities that we’re doing. It’s OK to stop drinking if you feel like you’ve had enough, even if your mates want to carry on.”So, why does day drinking seem to affect us more than drinking during the night? Andrew believes this is a combination of three key factors…“Drinking in the day feels a bit like drinking in the airport,” says Andrew. “It feels like time off, and a bit irresponsible, as though we’ve skipped school and we’re being naughty.
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