The New Year means for many of us giving yet another try dealing with our bad habits. Let’s have a look at some of the options while the resolutions are still fresh.  Especially after the series of Christmas parties and New Year celebrations cutting down on alcohol is a common resolution.  It’s not only about alcohol itself; drinking alcohol goes hand in hand with disrupted sleeping patterns as well as bigger intake of calories. These tips may help you to cut down on alcohol:

1. How much do you drink and do you know how to measure it? Did you know a pint of beer can have up to 4 units of alcohol in it depending on the strength?  Men should not drink more 3 to 4 alcohol units a day, women 2 to 3 units per day. To find out how much alcohol units you drink check one of the alcohol unit calculators. Make sure you aren’t consuming all of your recommended units in one sitting. That puts enormous strain on your liver.
2. Set yourself a drinking budget – Set yourself a drinking budget and stick to it. Think about how much you’re going to drink before you go on a night out. One way of making sure you don’t go over this is to take only enough money to buy the drinks you want (and a bit more to get you home safely).
3. Watch out for cocktails – cocktails don’t usually taste very alcoholic and are very deceptive.
4. Size matters – try to stick to smaller glasses so – try half  pints or small glass of wine.
5. Alternate alcoholic and soft drinks