New Resource for Maine Residents!
Examine Your Drinking Habits
Many adults enjoy a drink occasionally when socializing with friends and family. Depending on various factors in your life, drinking can be harmful to certain people more than others.
High risk drinking can lead to many negative health and personal effects such as unintentional injury, health problems such as heart disease, cancer, sexually transmitted diseases from unsafe sex and alcohol use disorders.
Here are some guidelines for low risk drinking.*
*Based on personal factors, your guidelines may be different. Talk to your doctor.
Consider the following questions to gauge your understanding of drinking alcohol:
Do you know what counts as 1 drink?
Do you know how many drinks are in common containers?
Do you know the signs that alcohol is causing harm?
Do you know how much US adults drink and where you fit in?
If you would like to learn more about your drinking pattern and find ways to enjoy alcohol safely and responsibly, click here to get started.
A night out is supposed to be fun- so Party Smarter! Remember the 3 P’s: Plan- Prepare- Pace
Follow these tips and you will have a night you can remember!
Plan- Where are you going? Who are you going with? How are you getting home?
Prepare- Eat a meal before you hit the town. Take just enough cash to have a good time and leave your credit cards at home.
Pace- Limit how much you drink in a night. Start off with some food or switch to non-alcoholic drinks.
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