Are you drinking too much ? One question for you.

One hard or easy question on your drinking habit:
For women:
How many times in the last year have you had more than 4 drinks in a day ?


For men:
How many times in the last year have you had more than 5 drinks in a day ?

Men tend to be bigger than women so that is why they get an extra drink.

If you answer 2 (or more times) then you might have an unhealthy alcohol problem.

How accurate is this one question ? The researchers think it's about 80% right.

The idea is that Primary Care Doctors, who usually have a lot of conflicting information to deal with, can have one simple to understand question to see if heavy drinking might be something to factor in.

So it's a question for yourself before you feel so bad that you just have to drag yourself to the docs.

Of course there is then the question of what exactly is a drink ? Try this.

Don't forget, alcohol has a great deal of positive benefits, read this, if you avoid the negatives.