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Are you a "wine enthusiast", able to put a whole bottle without problems? Or are you a "sipper", who can barely finish a cocktail during a five-course meal? Or maybe you are a "do-know-when-to-side" which just hope the hope of landing on the pillow after a long night? (One "drink" is defined as 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine or 1.5 ounces of hard liquor.)

We ask because the answer will mean the difference between putting you at risk for the approximately zero health and a greater chance of 40% mortality. (Yeah, hope you're not a "snack-connace do when") ")

Here, we have produced the complete guide of who you are as a drinker, how big a problem you have (at all) and what the long-term effects. Because if you're going to live your best life, you must know when to say when. And if you need help help, start by brushing the40 Ways of science supported the old ways.

Amount of drink: Three drinks or less per week.

Types of drinkers:

"The Sipper" Glass can last all night.

"The sports fan:" This is not just watching "Monday Night Football" without holding a beer.

How big is the problem?

Drinking alcohol is a problem if you overdo it, and you do not overdo it. Beware, however: statistics show that one of every 16 social drinkers become an alcoholic.

Percentage of men who are light drinkers: 40.

Health effects: Nothing.

Amount of drink: Increased light to moderate.

Types of drinkers:

"Social drinker at dinner:" Hang with clients and colleagues is easier with a martini or two.

"The artist of the escape:" Your left spouse and children drive your nuts? Yeah, you're a bourbon.

How big is the problem?

You had a drink here and there, but now there are weeks when you have a couple every day. The amount is still safe, but the increase is a warning sign, especially if the abuse of alcohol is in your family history.

Health effects: See "Drink moderate" below.

Amount of drink: Three to 14 drinks a week, rarely more than four in the day

Common types of drinkers:

"Lovers of wine:" The dinner has everything taste better with the right bottle.

"The NightCapper" Some malt shots or single port help you to reflect on the passing day every day.

"The life of the party:" See dance, listen to music, drink.

How big is the problem?

You can control your drinking and you reap the benefit and health of alcohol. But remember that 14 drinks per week rises there. Duis and other brushes with the law are suddenly a real possibility if you are careless.

Percentage of men who are moderate drinkers: 22.

Health effects:

• Decreased blood clot
• 32% reduced risk of stroke (two drinks per day)
• 32% reduced risk of heart attack (two drinks per day)
• Decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease
• 40% decreased risk of dementia (two drinks per day)
• The poor quality of sleep

Amount of drink: Increasing moderate to heavy.

Types of drinkers:

"The know-how-when-to-shopper:" You are often spent at the end of the night - with luck, in your bedroom.

"The space age absolant non-college:" You can make yourself more stalls barrels and power hours, but my pints and a few rounds of darts O'Neill are they every Friday and different Saturday?

How big is the problem?

This is the most dangerous phase for the passage of a moderate to dependent use can happen very quickly. The more you go over your limit, you will get more and more intense that you'll fall into alcoholism. You begin to solve any reference to your drinking habits, even when you lose control of time, place and quantity of alcohol consumption. Soon, all your relationships will suffer.

Health effects:

• High Risk of intoxication with alcohol
• elevated liver enzymes
• Vomiting
• 40% higher risk of mortality (Three drinks per day)

Amount of drink: 15 or more drinks a week, often more than four per day.

Types of drinkers:

"The Hemingway:" You think consumption feeds your art, but it really feeds your depression.

"The classic alcoholic:" Heavy daily consumption is your first priority. Everything else becomes programmed or even at all.

What is the size of the problem?

Physical changes in your brain lead to clear alcohol desires. Relationships deteriorate. Repeated problems at work or at home occur. All these are signals that you abuse alcohol. With alcohol dependence in the late phase, serious physical effects, such as tremors, insomnia, hallucinations, delirium, full rejection of social reality and malnutrition begin to take place.

Percentage of men who are heavy drinkers: 6.

Health effects:

• Significantly increased increase in carotid atherosclerosis (thickening of the artery walls, limiting blood flow to organs and tissues)
• 200% increased risk of stroke
• 20% higher risk of hypertension
• Increased risk of alcohol-induced liver disease
• Increased risk of esophagus cancer
• 30% percent risk of peptic ulcers
• 65% of greater risk of mortality

If you need help, try these options:

Alcoholic Anonymous: See if it's for you by attending an "open" meeting, which consists of talks by a leader and two or three members. Then progress to a "closed" session.

Smart recovery: Online support groups are the easiest way to start facing your problem.

SOS (lay organizations for sobriety): An alternative to 12 steps, approach the AA side network. He thinks purely in self-empowerment and science behind addiction.