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Health - Safe Alcohol Tips

Safe Drinking Tips

While alcohol is a great beverage that is relaxing and entertaining it can be extremely harmful if abused. Not only is it necessary to understand how alcohol affects the body, but knowing how much alcohol to drink and what is a safe limit to drink before driving is crucially important. Here are some tips about drinking alcohol.

If you are drinking alcohol, it is necessary to know that approximately one beer equals one glass of wine which also equals one shot of liquor. So before you start drinking know your limits and make sure you stay within your threshold. If you drink more than you can handle you may become sick, get alcohol poisoning or worse get into an accident. Learning about alcohol is very important and there many agencies and organizations that can help educate you on the effects of alcohol on society and your own body.

Depending on your weight and gender will usually determine how many alcoholic drinks you can consume before being legally drunk and how fast the affects of being drunk dissipates. For most states the legal driving limit is an alcohol level below .10. Recent enacted laws have changed some states driving code to lower levels some being .08. So before you drive make sure that you are under the legal limit. And as a rule of thumb you should never drive no matter how much you have been drinking. So for safe drinking, learn the basics of alcohol from certified agencies and organizations and stay safe and healthy.

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