make mine a small one
For many of you, today possibly signals an end to a tee-total dry January. Wahay, get the beers in! However, following the recently announced amended government guidelines on responsible imbibing, my heart goes out to you would be revellers. Tonight’s none too enjoyable celebratory session may well now signal you going over the recommended weekly allowance in one fell swoop. The UK’s chief medical officer, Sally Davies, has warned us there’s no such thing as a safe boozing level, that even the smallest amount of the lovely liquor carries the increased risk of cancer, and that ‘if you must’, then no more than a pint a day or woe betide you.
B*gger. What a killjoy.
Now, as we all get ready to preload before hitting the clubs, it might not be you want to hear, but don’t we already know this? We know we’re all consuming too much of the amber nectar than is probably good for us, so feel free to consider this no more than a helpful reality check. In fact, the uproar caused by this announcement kinda smacks of the lady doth protesting too much me-thinks, and many appear to have taken it as some form of personal slur and attack on their lifestyle. Well, if the cap fits.
To my mind, it remains everyone’s personal choice how much they neck, and how often they do so, and unless I’m missing something, nothing’s changed in this regard. The new evidence changes not a jot, unless you wish it to. Hic…
