Your AUDIT score was
8-15 Hazardous Drinking / Increased risk
Your results according to the AUDIT questionnaire suggest that you are at a increased risk of harming your health as a result of drinking. Hazardous drinking is also known as “risky drinking”. This concept is similar to the idea of risky behaviour. For example, smoking 20 cigarettes a day may not be accompanied by any present or actual harm, but we know it is hazardous.
You may be drinking more than four units per day or regularly 22-49 units per week for a man. For a woman this is more than 3 units per day or 15-35 units per week.
If you are drinking in excess of 8 units per day for a man and 6 units a day in women, but not necessarily exceeding the weekly “sensible drinking” limit, you are also at increased risk of harm.
Alcohol affects all parts and systems of the body and it plays a role in more than 60 different medical conditions.
If you are regularly drinking at a level that places you at increasing risk you might already have experienced problems like feeling tired or depressed, gaining extra weight, memory loss while drinking, sleeping poorly and sexual difficulties.
If you are in this category, you are drinking hazardously, however you may not be seeking treatment for an alcohol problem, even though you may realise that your drinking is putting you at risk.
You therefore have a very important decision to make and to consider cutting down your drinking.
If you feel as though you may want help and assistance regarding your drinking and want to find out where your nearest help and support is, complete the postcode box below. This is completely confidential and will not identify where you live.