If you drink this amount of beer a day, you could be an alcoholic.

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To find out if we are addicted, we must ask ourselves if alcohol interferes with our routine

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The good weather arrives, the bars are open again all day and you feel like sitting outside and having a beer. The waiter will return to the table when he sees the empty glass and will say: "Shall I bring you another one?" Probably many will answer yes, because one day is one day and you are very comfortable. "One more?". "Come on, another one." If you manage to repeat that action 6 times or more each day, you have a problem (and a serious one). That is, if you drink 6 beers every day, you are an alcoholic.

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Every year 3.3 million people die in the world from alcohol consumption, according to WHO data, which represents almost 6% of deaths on the planet. Alcohol has effects on the development of different types of cancer, such as mouth and throat cancer, but also liver cancer, colorectal cancer, and breast cancer. The American Against Cancer recommends limiting alcohol to no more than one drink per day for women and two drinks per day for men. A drink is understood, in the case of beer, a small beer or a 25 centiliter bottle. Large cañas and tercios are considered one and a half servings.

To find out if we are addicted, we must ask ourselves if alcohol interferes with our routine or if we would be able, without suffering too much, to stop drinking beer or wine for a while. According to the WHO, those who are not able to give up their daily alcohol consumption are not alcoholics per se (a beer a day does not make us that), but that consumption habit could end up becoming an addiction. And an addiction entails an increase in the consumption of whatever substance it is, in this case alcohol.

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They advise limiting alcohol to no more than one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men

Experts remind that drinking of alcohol should not be taken lightly and that, although it is good to be able to enjoy a beer, you have to know how to differentiate between the enjoyment of said beer or the moment in which the consumption of beer becomes a trigger for negative effects . Increasing your alcohol consumption can be easy, but reducing it is not so easy.

The WHO recommends not waiting too many years to combat this addiction. If we have been consuming a lot of beer daily for a few months, we should seek help as soon as possible to redirect this habit towards a non-harmful consumption.

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