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To calculate how much you can drink of your favourite tipple each week please follow the steps below. If you are unsure what to enter put the mouse over the HELP feature
	Enter the volume of each drink/bottle/cans/glass/pint in mls HELP	HELP
	Enter the percentage alcohol by volume HELP	HELP
	Enter your sex	malefemale
	Click for the number allowed in a week of drinks/bottles/cans/glasses/pints and for how many units of alcohol in each of your drinks

RECOMMENDED LIMITS OF ALCOHOL IN UNITS :A MAN CAN DRINK UP TO 21 UNITS A WEEK A WOMAN CAN DRINK UP TO 14 UNITS A WEEK

• Volume alcohol in mls.To work out the volume of alcohol in mls look at the bottle or can of alcohol to see the volume in mls.
  If the volume is in cl add an extra 0 on :
  so 33 cls =330 mls.
  If the volume is in litres add three extra 0 :
  so 2 litres =2000mls.
  If you still do not know a rough guide is as follows:a pint is 500mls, a pub measure of spirits 25-35 mls and a small glass of wine 125mls. Remember that a pub glass of wine may be 175mls or even 250 mls.
  A bottle of wine is commonly 750mls

• Percentage alcohol by volume. Look at the labelling on the bottle or can of alcohol to see this percentage.

• Over each HELP feature
  a box will appear with further information

• If you have used our alcohol page to work out how much you are actually drinking a week it will automatically load up the volume and percentage of the first type of alcohol you entered on the assumption it is 'your favourite tipple'!!!