[ninebob]

Is anyone else following this with interest?

I have to confess that I drink in excess of 2x the recommended limit every week, but only ever over 2-3 days (always Friday and Saturday nights, sometimes a few on a Sunday afternoon)...

I think I agree with Chris, that if I had to drink 8-10 units every day, it would quickly become annoying and have an adverse effect.

Anyone else have an opinion?

[DevilsDuck]

I think I agree with Chris, that if I had to drink 8-10 units every day, it would quickly become annoying and have an adverse effect.

Do you mean it would stop you from drinking? How is that an adverse effect?

I have not really been following it with great interest, but I do want to see the results of it all

[Andy B]

I have to question the sense in doing it. Forcing someone to drink more than recomended all in the name of "science" seems a bit daft to me. The long term effects of excessive drinking are well known.

[Munki Bhoy]

They seem interested in short term affects of it. Personally, I'm wondering if this can be at all good for Aled's long term health. I know it's only three weeks, but it's three weeks of constantly drinking more than you should. I'm sure his Liver can't be liking that all that much.

[Andy B]

Nah it takes some serious drinking before it starts to have any long term effects on your liver. At Aled's age, provided he goes back to sensible amounts afterwards, he shouldn't have any long term effects. I mean Billie Piper and Charlotte Church both seem ok?

[ladbroke]

A friend of mine drinks 16-18 units per day (8 or 9 pints). He's in his 50's and has been a landlord most of his life, so I'm sure to a degree the human body builds up a resistance to alcohol. A large session will see him drink twice this amount or more. About 2 years ago he used to drink vast quantities of cider, and as a result of this all the acid from the cider in his stomach was burning his throat. At the time he didn't know this was the cause and he was tested for all kinds of sinister illnesses. He was essentially given a full body MOT and everything was found to be in perfect working order with the exception of the acid. He doesn't drink cider any longer, and the acid problem disappeared.

Whilst it isn't good to drink in excess of the reccomended daily amounts, I'm sure the real problem is the binge element. Oh and the fact that excessive drinking makes you a fat bastard People who have a penchant for large quantities of 'top shelf' drinks really are on a collision course with the guy carrying the sythe in my opinion though. Its damage to the liver etc is much faster when drunk to excess. Drink for drink that is.

[Yudster]

Drinking a lot makes you drunk which makes you very dull and boring. Thats another reason not to do it too often.

[catherine]

And you can get chronic pancreatitis and die a slow and painful death.

[ladbroke]

And you can get chronic pancreatitis and die a slow and painful death.

My father got chronic pancreatitis and he drinks very rarely. Life's a lottery. Enjoy.

[Nicola_Red]

The experiment reminds me of those TV docs where girls try to get to size 0 to "prove how terrible it is" and have doctors tell them how tired and undernourished they are. No sh1t Sherlock. I think that drinking a lot of alcohol is a bit like slimming in that there's a perverse pleasure that can be taken in it - ie, "look how much I can drink" is like "look how thin I can be" - and sensible, reasonable people really don't need these exercises to tell them that excess drinking/dieting is bad for you, they know it already.

[Aled]

Whether you think they're sensible or not, the people we're aiming this experiment at are people who regularly drink 6 - 10 units of alcohol every day or every few days.

That may or may not be you. They may know that long term the effect on their health isn't good - but like people who sunbathe a lot (hello) or smoke, long term illnesses will never affect them. This is to see whether there are any short term effects that would happen the day after or the week of drinking.

[SAV1OUR]

I applaud Aled for undergoing this 'Super Sozzle Me' experiment, just like with the film about McDonalds, it opens your eyes to excessive consumerist habits.

[S4B]

This is to see whether there are any short term effects that would happen the day after or the week of drinking.

What happens if there aren't? Will those results be published or will the doctors go all out to find something wrong even if it's just a cold?

[katieo]

This is to see whether there are any short term effects that would happen the day after or the week of drinking.[/quote]

Of cause there are effects of having a heavy night on the beer, headache, runs, dehydration, I don't ever feel the need to go to the doctor to confirm that this was due to drinking excessively.

I do believe that most adults know that drinking is bad for you, we don't need these stupid experiments to prove that!

[Andy B]

Um radio 1's target audience is 15-24 (?) and I never started getting proper hangovers till I was 25. Scared the crap out of me. I didn't feel fine after breakfast one morning. These days if I have a night on the beer Saturday then i'm not okay until Monday lunchtime.

[Nicola_Red]

Very true Andy. That's why I hardly drink at all now - the recovery is just too difficult!

[katieo]

Um radio 1's target audience is 15-24 (?) and I never started getting proper hangovers till I was 25. Scared the crap out of me. I didn't feel fine after breakfast one morning. These days if I have a night on the beer Saturday then i'm not okay until Monday lunchtime.

I get your point about the target audience, but I'm sure that even 15-24 year olds know that drinking is no good for you and I still don't think we need these stupid experiments to prove that. On a side note, since entering my thirties it takes me at least 2 days to get over a night out.

[MK Chris]

I usually have hangovers that last until lunchtime-ish.. I've never had one last more than a day.

My mum is 45, gets pissed every Friday night in the pub on gin and tonic or Newcy Brown and every Saturday night at home or a neighbour's house on red wine and rarely has a hangover past lunchtime.

[SAV1OUR]

Pah! Lightweights.

[Nicola_Red]

I'm a self-confessed lightweight. You've seen me Sav1our, do I look like someone who can hold their drink?!

[MK Chris]

I certainly can't drink as much as I used to, but I know my limits a lot better these days.

[katieo]

I certainly can't drink as much as I used to, but I know my limits a lot better these days.

Oh tell me about it! Sorry but I hate being preached to, I could have thumped Aled the other morning, or Aled's doctor maybe. Is there anything we can do to enjoy ourselves these days?

[SAV1OUR]

I'm a self-confessed lightweight. You've seen me Sav1our, do I look like someone who can hold their drink?!

Haha well if you'd seen me on that ice rink then you'd have had me down as a lightweight for sure, I couldn't stay upright to save me life! Thank god drinking isn't like skating. I had you down as a hard-living sort of girl actually, rave on!

[Zoot]

I certainly can't drink as much as I used to, but I know my limits a lot better these days.

Oh tell me about it! Sorry but I hate being preached to, I could have thumped Aled the other morning, or Aled's doctor maybe. Is there anything we can do to enjoy ourselves these days?

Every day scientists find something else that will kill us. I'm waiting for the morning where the news will tell me that they've discovered breathing air is bad for your health.

[SAV1OUR]

We shouldn't put them out of a job though, what with our lousy Summer, they can't warn us about skin cancer, they can't scare monger us about a potential drought, so the best they've come up with is that theres some kinda obesity crisis, I think the nanny state should come with its own health warning.