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This project is about exploring what people think is safe, acceptable drinking.

There are very different opinions on this because the same amount of alcohol can affect people differently. You may get drunk quicker if you are small for example.

You may want to consider first what are the rules that make drinking acceptable within the law, some of these are:

• Amount of units of alcohol that can be drunk in a day
• Age restrictions
• Drink-driving limits
• Responsibilities for family and in the workplace

Second you could try to find out why people react to and are affected differently by alcohol. For instance some people feel quite drunk after one drink and others say they feel nothing until they have had two or three. Some of the reasons often given for these differences are:

• A person's size and body weight
• Whether they are boys or girls
• The amount of food they have in their stomach
• The speed at which they drink - binge drinking
• The strength of the drink
• If they are taking medications

Third think of situations where drinking has made you or other people behave or feel in an unusual way, for instance:

• More confident and relaxed
• More aggressive
• More prepared to take risks or be in dangerous situations
• Could not remember your actions they day after
• Physically sick

Now that you have collected all this information what do you think is 'acceptable' or 'unacceptable' drinking? Can drinking be dangerous for instance in specific situations like driving or in the workplace and can you propose ways of safe drinking?

Resources

Here are a selection of websites that may help with your project. Please remember that DrugScope/D-World cannot be held responsible for the content of other sites.

How's Your Drink - This site discusses what safe drinking levels are and offers people help on cutting down their drinking.

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