Understand Your Drinking

What’s your relationship with alcohol? Do you feel you drink more or less than the people around you? Use the tools and articles here to get a better understanding of your own drinking and to help you make a decision on whether it’s time to rethink your approach to alcohol.

Are you drinking too much?

Are you concerned you might be drinking too much? Take our drinking self-assessment by answering these simple questions and find out what kind of a relationship you have with alcohol.

Take a drinking self assessment

Are you concerned you might be drinking too much? Take our quick self assessment to find out.

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Find out how many units you are drinking

Work out how many units you are drinking using our unit calculator and find out whether this puts you at risk.

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    What makes you reach for the bottle?

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    Cutting down together

    With a little bit of team work you could both be drinking less and enjoying an even better relationship.

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    The role of alcohol in your life

    There are different kinds of problem drinking behaviours. As part of an assessment of your own drinking read this.

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    What is a unit?

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    Does my drinking affect my child?

    Two experts talk about the part parents play in making sure their children develop a healthy relationship with alcohol.

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