Choose Well

Why Choosing Well matters

• Alcohol reduces the normal function of almost all your body’s cells and systems. 
• Alcohol can affect your mental health and amplify feelings of anxiety and depression. 
• Alcohol reduces your body’s water reserves and leads to dehydration. 
• Most of the alcohol you drink gets converted to fat. 
• Drinking alcohol can decrease sex drive and performance. 
• Alcohol increases your risk of some cancers, as well as an increased risk of high blood pressure and heart disease. 
• Alcohol can affect the quality of your sleep and disrupt your natural sleep cycle. 
• Alcohol can reduce your inhibitions and lead you to behave in a way you normally wouldn’t.
• How you behave when drinking could affect your friendships, your work and your family.
• If you drink a lot or become dependent on alcohol, your drinking could also impact you financially.

What can I do to Choose Well?

Australian guidelines recommend having no more than 10 standard drinks a week, less if you have a health problem. 

• Eat before and during drinking sessions. 
• Try to drink plenty of water (not sugary or energy drinks). 
• Set yourself a drinks limit before you start drinking. 
• Count your drinks. 
• Try not to drink alcohol too close to sleep.