While we may have different motivations, the results are often the same—drinking less helps us to be our best. Cutting back can improve our bank accounts, our health, and our relationships.

Sweetwater County Prevention Coalition and Southwest Counseling Service encourage you to check out Drink Less, Be Your Best . This website, provided by the CDC, is a simple and easy-to-use tool to help you drink within healthy and responsible limits. It has an assessment to gauge your current drinking patterns, suggestions for how to cut down, and facts about excessive drinking and its risks.

How much is too much?

There are two types of excessive drinking—binge drinking and heavy drinking. The limits for these two types of excessive drinking are below. Note that these are limits for healthy adults

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