BBC News - What damage does alcohol do to our bodies?
We know that drinking too much alcohol is bad for us. It gives us hangovers, makes us feel tired and does little for our appearance - and that is just the morning afterwards.
Long term, it increases the risk of developing a long list of health conditions including breast cancer, oral cancers, heart disease, strokes and cirrhosis of the liver.
Research shows that a high alcohol intake can also damage our mental health, impair memory skills and reduce fertility.
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There'll never be a true 'one-size-fits-all' answer for any nutritional or medical question. It shouldn't be the government's job to tell citizens how or how much we can or even should do of anything, but to see that what we do do we do with the greatest degree of safety and understanding (on our own parts and the parts of those around us) possible, not so that people can be deadbeat freeloading do-nothing dropouts from life and live off the system, but so that, in case things get out of control, the damage one does to oneself is minimal (leaving one more able to be productive should one choose at some point to make different choices) and so that the damage done to others is also minimized. If no damage is being done it's no one's business, least of all the government's.
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