10th year of doing this for me, here are the scores on the doors for 2017:
Total : 1457.9; still high, but 5% (71.1) down on 2016
Average per day : 3.99 (target of 4)
Monthly Average : 121.5
Best Month : March, 84.5
Worst month : December, 190.7 - Christmas, office party etc.
Longest dry spell : 4 days
Most consecutive wet days: 20 (summer holiday)
Highest daily total : 22.9 (staff Christmas party in December... again)
Observations:
- my Mon-Thu dry rule slipped; Thursdays seem to have become the new Friday..
- less months over target (4) than 2016 (7)
- I drink everyday whilst in Spain, but moderately
- I finished 2.1 units under my annual target; less than a pint of crap lager!
- my xmas staff party intake was up 5.4 units on last years
When I started doing this, the NHS recommended alcohol intake was 3-4 units per day for a male (less for a female). This has since been revised, down to 14 units per week regardless of sex
https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/alcohol/Pages/alcohol-units.aspx That's basically halving my previous daily target of 4... a tall order.
January hasn't commenced too well, I was in Spain until 8th, and have a Southern Softie meet tomorrow in London.