Dry January could once again be applied by many French people to follow the end of year celebrations. The WHO suggests that all consumers take a test to determine the risks they run and their dependence on alcohol on this occasion.
As recalled by Ministry of Healththe consumption ofalcohol “represents a major public health issue in France”since it would be the origin of no less than 49,000 deaths each yearand on a European scale it would be the cause in 7% of cases of detected diseases and “premature deaths”. For example, we cite the cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, colon-rectum, and even the breast in women. The World Health Organization has also classified alcohol as “a carcinogenic molecule proven since 1988”.
Its consumption is greater at certain times of the year, notably summer when there are more aperitifs with friends or family, or during end-of-year celebrations. Which also led to the creation of the Dry January !
This Anglo-Saxon practice imported into France aims to eliminate all consumption for a month and is thus similar to a form of treatment to start the new year well. Are you one of the many citizens to take up the challenge and will you be able to avoid making the slightest mistake? Dry January is a “very good test to see how related you are to alcohol“estimates addictologist Alexandre Baguet (BFM TV). It is also possible to assess the impact of your alcohol consumption on your health yourself by taking part in a test specially designed by the WHO.
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The score helps determine your relationship with alcohol
L’Audit (Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) consists of 10 questions. “You have to be sincere so that’s one of the limits because there is a lot of denial in addiction”, adds the specialist who works at the Rouen hospital. Among the questions, we ask “How many drinks of alcohol do you consume on a typical drinking day?”,“Did you hurt yourself or anyone else because you were drinking?” or “In the past year, how often, after a period of heavy drinking, have you had to drink alcohol first thing in the morning to feel energized?”. Once the answers are recorded, you get a result ranging from 0 to 40and which allows determine your relationship with alcohol.
To interpret your results, Philippe Batel who participated in the development of this test explains: if you obtain a score of 6 (for a woman) or 7 (for a man), then you have “low risks with alcohol”. It’s from 7 that you have to start asking questions. “The higher the score, the more problematic it is“, he insists to our colleagues. Beyond 12, we can then evoke a real alcohol addiction. This also reminds us that there is no “You don’t have to be addicted to have problems with alcohol”while his colleague emphasizes that we can “implement personal strategies to reduce alcohol consumption”as “avoid circumstances of high consumption” Or “Require yourself to drink a glass of water between each glass of alcohol”.
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