Drunk women put themselves in danger said Judge Lindsey Kushner QC on her last case. Meghan Clark, a 19 year old has waived her right to anonymity to agree with her after she was raped. Well good for her. How […]
Alistair Campbell wrote a very moving tribute on his blog to Charles Kennedy who died last week from a haemorrhage as a result of his long battle with alcoholism. He said the language he spoke was “pure human” which was […]
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The latest internet craze drinking game needs to be banned by Facebook immediately. My daughter was “Neknominated” over the weekend but persuaded not to do it by her older brother. In case you haven’t heard of it the idea is […]
This baby elephant drinking is so cute – apparently when they are very young they haven’t worked out how cool their trunks are for sucking up water!!
I’m a little disappointed because I came back from Italy convinced that I had finally found my ideal drink. Firstly, it was cheaper than the Italian wine on the menu, secondly I did not wake up with a hangover and […]
Worryingly, my brother sent me this with a note saying “you will relate to this”…..can’t think why:-
I’m very excited because for the first time in about 185 years I have been invited to a WORK Christmas party. This hasn’t happened since I worked for EMI Music when Christmas parties would use up half of the yearly […]
Getting used to our new world order in the house. Youngest son has wasted no time in moving himself into his big brother’s room – which is no surprise given his room is “as small as a meatball” as his […]
I appear to have lost all contact with my firstborn child who I think is now trekking in Chiang Mai although by now he was meant to be in Laos. I have received a few one line emails and as […]
Is that really going to work? Adding 40p to a large bottle of cider? The government are right that it’s the “pre-loading” issue that seems to be the problem – or “pre-lash” as the teenagers call it. That is where […]
PHEWEEEE. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. It's New Year's Day and even with a marginally fuzzy head from our lovely New Year's Eve party last night I was dreading the prospect of a month off the alcohol. January is depressing enough without being allowed to have a glass of wine here and there and then just this morning there is an article all about the pointlessness of complete abstention. Much better says the liver experts to not drink a couple of days a week. So that's good then. Maybe that's what I'll do instead. Shouldn't be quite so difficult to achieve. Experts agree that a short period of complete abstinence will not improve liver health and that a longer-term attitude to alcohol is more desirable, the charity said. "You're better off making a resolution to take a few days off alcohol a week throughout the entire year than remaining abstinent for January only." The thinking behind this approach is that total alcohol intake per person is kept down and the liver is given time to recover each week. Providing the liver has no lasting damage, it can repair itself very quickly, taking as little as 24 hours to go back to normal. "It makes about as much sense as maxing out your credit cards and overdraft all year, then thinking you can fix it by just eating toast in January. The figures just don't stack up," said Dr Wright. The British Liver Trust is launching a campaign called 'Love Your Liver' to encourage people to maintain a healthy liver. As part of the campaign, it also advises eating well and exercising regularly. "If you are overweight you increase your risk of liver disease by three times if you drink alcohol too. "Cutting down on your daily food indulgences and not overloading on sugary drinks will all help to optimise your liver function," the Trust's website says.
