Alcohol impairs a wide range of brain functions, making a wide range of mistakes more likely, with consequences ranging from the minor to the life-changing. Drinking less alcohol means fewer mistakes. ■
Drink less alcohol, make fewer mistakes
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Alcohol undermines our nerve
Our lives, world events and, yes, watching football can be roller coaster rides, exciting and, at times, seemingly unbearable. Alcohol can make us less able to deal with stress in the future. Facing stress alcohol-free is a useful rehearsal. ■
Alcohol can cause brain damage and dementia
Drinking more than a small amount of alcohol increases the risk of developing dementia in later life and can cause early-onset dementia and brain damage. ■
Avoid pressuring others to drink alcohol
Labels don’t tell us to avoid pressuring other people to drink alcohol. But there are many good reasons to avoid alcohol, not least avoiding harm to our physical and mental health. ■
Alcohol risk made simple
The chance that alcohol causes our death increases rapidly with the amount consumed. Drinking under 140ml a week is estimated to keep the chances of an alcohol death below 1/100. The only way to make the risk zero risk is to not drink any. ■
Alcohol is useless
Alcohol is useless, with all of its purported benefits achievable by other means which are not hazardous to health or well-being. ■