Average Brit Spends £58,201 ($93,000) On Booze Over A Lifetime And Has 726 Hangovers

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Over an average British person's lifetime, 5,800 pints of beer are consumed, plus 8,700 glasses of wine, 2,900 bottles of cider, 5,808 shots of spirits, 1,452 cocktails, 1,452 glasses of liquor, and 1,452 glasses of champagne - the equivalent of 456 drinks annually. The typical Brit also experiences 726 hangovers over a lifetime. £962 are spent annually on alcohol, or £58,201 ($93,000) by the time they die.

These figures were reported today by Benenden Healthcare.

Below are some highlighted statistics from the survey:
The average Brit consumes alcohol at least three nights each week
The average Brit downs nine alcoholic drinks each week
57% of British people drink at home
17% of Brits regularly go to a pub for a drink
40% of Brits think they need a drink to unwind.
1 in 6 adults in the UK say they have a drink in the evening out of habit, and the same number see it as a form of escapism
1 in every 10 Brits says he/she would find it hard to spend more than a week without a drink, while 1 in 10 would find two days difficult
1 in 5 Brits say they cannot enjoy a night out if they don't have a drink
12% say their aim when drinking is to get drunk
Over one third of Brits have blacked out while drinking and cannot remember how they got home
Two thirds of UK adults say they consume more alcohol while on vacation, and have four or more drinks per day (while on vacation)
The average Brit enjoyed his/her first drink at the age of 14 years
Lawrence Christensen, Head of Communications & Strategy at Benenden Healthcare, said:

"Day by day, we may not notice our drinking habits and may not think about what it's costing us. But add it all up and the amounts become quite staggering.

Recommended guidelines for alcohol consumption are 3-4 units per day in men, equating to around a pint and a half of 4% strength beer, and 2-3 units in women - a single 175 ml glass of 13% strength wine for women. This means that by getting through 456 drinks a year on average, many Brits are sailing perilously close to the wind and, in many cases, most likely exceeding guidelines.

The yearly financial cost of this level of consumption also gives pause for thought, with £962 a year being no small sum for many families in the UK.

Benenden Healthcare wishes to draw attention to these levels of alcohol consumption, which not only pose a medical risk but a lifestyle risk in terms of financial cost. With 726 hangovers and being £58,201 out-of-pocket, 'enjoying a drink' regularly takes on a new dimension."

Andrew Meredith, Medical Director at Benenden Hospital, said:

"This survey highlights the dysfunctional relationship many of us have with alcohol. The results can be seen in our town centres every week-end, in A&E departments where alcohol related conditions and injuries are a large part of the workload and the increasing numbers of admissions with alcohol related liver disease."

 

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Eight arrests following Inverness drug bust

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DRUG sting led by Northern Constabulary has recovered up to £90,000 worth of Class A and B illegal substances.
The intelligence led operation which took place last night led to eight people in the Inverness area being arrested.
Police say five men and three women were detained in custody overnight in connection with allegedly being concerned in the supply of drugs.
Two men aged 30 and 43 and two women aged 34 and 36 from Inverness, two Elgin men aged 23 and 25, a 39-year-old woman from Liverpool and a 34-year-old man from Manchester were amongst those arrested.
A report will be made to the procurator fiscal.

 

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former drugs counsellor who visited schools to warn youngsters about the dangers has been jailed for 12 years for his role in a £1.3 million heroin smuggling plot.

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The UK Border Agency (UKBA) confirmed Mahfooz Ahmed, 34, was jailed yesterday at Leeds Crown Court after he admitted importing drugs.

A judge was told how 24.8kg of drugs were seized five years ago after an accomplice dropped a suitcase in a residential street in Halifax, West Yorkshire, when he spotted approaching customs officers.

In the suitcase were 50 blocks of high-purity heroin with an estimated street value of £1.36 million.

Law graduate Ahmed had been seen driving a car with the drug-laden suitcase before picking up his accomplice and then dropping him off in Hopwood Lane.

He went on the run for five years but was arrested in October last year in Harrow, North London.

The UKBA said their investigations confirmed that while Ahmed was on the run for the UK drugs offences he had also committed further large-scale drugs offences in Belgium, for which he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in his absence by a court in Brussels.

That case involved a multimillion-pound international drugs operation.

The court heard how he had previously been a community worker in Halifax who supported drug users and had also carried out research on the problems of drug use in minority groups.

He said he fell into drug-dealing after developing financial problems.

Malcolm Bragg, assistant director for the UK Border Agency, said: "Drug smuggling is a vile business that exploits the misery of others for an easy profit. Heroin destroys the lives not only of users, but also their families and the surrounding community.

"The UK Border Agency plays a vital role in the Government's aim to disrupt the international drugs trade and bring the organisers to justice.

"As today's case shows, our officers work tirelessly to catch those involved in drug smuggling. The message is clear - if you are involved in drug smuggling we will catch you and you will go to jail for a long time."

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