Drinking less

Drinking alcohol regularly can have serious effects on your body. Alcohol can make conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and depression worse. Find out more about the health risks on the NHS website.

There are Apps available that help you to cut down on your drinking by encouraging you to take days off from drinking and to track how much you drink. Find out more about the healthy living One You Apps.

Calories in alcohol

Drink	Calories (kcal)
A standard glass (175ml) of 12% wine	126
A pint of 5% strength beer	215
A glass (50ml) of (17%) cream liqueur	118
A standard bottle (330ml) of 5% alcopop	237
A double measure (50ml) of 17.5% fortified wine	65

You can find out the calories in many more drinks using the Drinkaware unit and calorie calculator. 

Useful links

The National Association for Children of Alcoholics

Tel: 0800 358 3456

Addaction

One of the UK's leading mental health, drug and alcohol charities.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Tel: 0800 9177 650
Email: help@aamail.org

Drinkaware

A charityaiming to help people make better choices about drinking.

NHS Alcohol Support

Facts, advice and support from the NHS website.