Do you know why 5 ounces of wine, 12 ounces of beer and 1.5 ounces of liquor are the same amount of alcohol?  Why do they effect your body in the same way?

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For many years, researchers have sought the answer to the question: Are people at higher risk of becoming alcoholics by living in that environment or are some people at hight risk due to family history? Numerous agencies and organizations around the world have studied twins, adoptions and various families.  This research has concluded that children of alcoholics are four times more likely than the general population to become alcoholics.

But being the child of an alcoholic (or having several close family members) does not doom you to alcohol problems.  Along with your genetic background, your choices make up your life outcome.  If you know you have a strong family history of alcohol problems, you will need to make lower risk choices than someone who does not have that history.  Does that mean that if you don’t have a family history you will not have alcohol problems?  NO!  You can still make high risk choices and develop problems.

We cannot change our family history.  We can change the type of risk we are willing to take.  These low risk guidelines can help you make choices for your life.  If you do have a strong family history, your choice may be no risk or zero alcohol.

It’s up to you!

Story goes that in the 18th century, people were trying to find out whether alcohol was pure or not.  It was discovered that an alcohol and water solution mixed with gun powder will still light when a flame is put to it; therefore this was 100% proof that it was good alcohol.   If it did not light, it was considered “under-proof” and not good alcohol.

This proven amount is now know to be 57.15% ethanol.  For ease of measurement, most people consider the proof amount to be double what the percent of alcohol is.  Therefore, a 80 proof alcohol is approximately 40% alcohol.

The United Stated Department of Agriculture has determined some basic guidelines which are considered low risk.  These were developed in 2005 after conversations with many countries throughout the world.  These guidelines are meant as just that, guidelines.  If you feel you should not drink, please do not.

Who should not drink:

• Children and adolescents under the age of 21.
• Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive.
• Individuals who cannot restrict their drinking to moderate levels.
• Individuals who plan to drive or take part in activities that require close attention and skill.
• Individuals who are taking over-the-counter medications or perscriptions.

Low Risk drinking is:

• Up to one per day for women
• Up to two a day for men

Use our drink calculator or look up drinks to find out how many standard drinks are in the ones you choose.

Following these guidelines will help reduce the high rsk problems related to drinking alcohol.  This will not guarentee that you will have no problems but it will lower the risk.

This makes every drink different. How do we find out what is one drink? Use the chart below for a listing of several common types of alcoholic beverages.

The number of standard drinks for this cocktail varies widely but is generally between 4 and 5 standard drinks.

This is 1 standard drink.