wahl Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Safe recommended drinking limits should be slashed for the over-65s to take into account the effects of ageing, according to a doctors' report urging more action to tackle alcohol and drug misuse among the elderly the Royal College of Psychiatrists said in a report titled Our Invisible Addicts. Is this another attack on the British public by a specialist vested interest group who want to make a name for themselves? First we had the underage drinking, then the teenage drinking, then the drinking at pop concerts by middle aged people now this. When will these do gooders stick to their day time jobs and leave the rest of us alone far from the scaremongering and unjustifiable attacks on groups of people that totally ignore the individuals, based on "statistics" generated by themselves? I am fed up of vested interest groups pumping out propaganda about all sorts of matters purely to justify their existence and bolster their egos. It is about time these do gooders did something useful. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I read the same news article today and I tend to agree. It did however mention that as people age it takes longer for the alcohol to be cleared your body when you are older due to aging. On a plus side that means you are getting better value for your alcohol money It's a bit of a nonsense thing though as they are saying the safe limit for men over 65's is 1.5 unit a day... where as for younger men it's 3 units... not much difference really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 I have no idea as to what the "Boffins" are claiming is factual or not, what I do know is that whem I was in my 30s & 40s a session on darts night for me would entail sinking 7 or 8 pints of bitter, in my 50s I would have consumed 5 or 6 pints whereas now I am in my 70s 3 pints and I've had sufficient and that now only occurs one night a week, I believe the follwing factors contributing to my decline in consuming alchohol are 1. physicaly I can't take it. 2. the cost is prohibitive. 3. drinking large amounts would entail me spending more time in the bathroom than asleep in bed. 4. The Mrs now has more control over me than she used to have. I do agree that as you become older the affects alchol seems to stay with you longer and the body doesn't seem to shake of the affects as quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 so according to that I am ok drinking my three units a day . However I cannot afford to drink three units a day. :cry: I will have to content myself with my three bitter shandies a week then. :blink: This could be a start off a new drinking craze on behalf of the oaps. Whinge drinking :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Does any one take any notice of these stats? When the straight line is no longer straight or the ground moves like a ship, I have had enough. If I started counting units, I would be suicidal as I might use up my allocation in one night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Well, for me, half of nothing is still nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Do you not drink at all Wolfie. Is that why you are often appear to be grumpy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 This could be a start off a new drinking craze on behalf of the oaps. Whinge drinking :shock: Brilliant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Do you not drink at all Wolfie. Is that why you are often appear to be grumpy According to some on here I am also Happy, Bashful. Sleepy and Doc and sometimes Dopey before someone else adds it. T total btw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 That's not to be sneezed at. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horace Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Did anyone hear the Radio 4 report on this item in which Emma Soames, editor of Saga magazine, said eating and drinking was the only pleasure left for most people over 65. What an outrageous remark coming from the editor of a publication for older people. She should be sacked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlady54 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I doubt she actually said that! I imagine the remark was taken out of context as is often the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 Even if she said exactly that, I think most would understand what she meant. I like having a pint of beer but that said, I've never been a big drinker. I do know my ability to drink a lot seems to have reduced as I've grown older and these days, at the age of sixty, I doubt I could ever drink more than three pints of the stuff. I hear what the reports say but if you took them all too seriously, life just wouldn't be worth living. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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