A Guinness-mad bloke who downed a whopping 81 pints of the black stuff in a mad weekend bender dangers very actual well being points and the possibility of “getting into fights,” in keeping with well being specialists.
Sean Bryan turned an in a single day phenomenon when he took to Facebook to disclose that he chugged dozens of pints throughout the festive interval, in a foray that ended up costing round £344.
The 33-year-old safety guard from Kilkenny in Ireland began his consuming spree at 1pm on Friday, December 29, at his native pub and continued over the subsequent two days, ending his 81st pint at 9pm on New Year’s Eve – earlier than heading to mattress earlier than midnight.
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Perhaps he thought he was in for adulation when he shared his feat on-line however many had been left unimpressed because of the well being dangers, labelling him ‘silly’ for bragging about it.
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And two organisations that spoke to the Daily Star agree, reminding Sean of weekly limits and saying being 81 pints deep might imply he’d get into altercations.
“Alcohol is linked to a wide range of health problems including cancer, stroke, and liver disease. The more alcohol we drink, the more our risk of harm increases,” an Alcohol Focus Scotland spokesperson informed the Star.
“Drinking a large amount over a short period of time has additional risks including accidents, alcohol poisoning, or getting into fights.”
The NHS advises women and men to not drink greater than 14 items of alcohol per week usually. Sean’s feat encompassed a whopping 186.3 items.
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A spokesperson from Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems stated that “binge drinking is dangerous, even on a single occasion”.
They added: “Our bodies can only process about one alcohol unit per hour, and so drinking a lot in a short amount of time increases the risk of alcohol poisoning and other life-threatening health conditions, as well as the chance of having an accident.
“Alcohol consumption is a causal issue for greater than 200 illness and damage circumstances.
“Every day in the UK, more than 26 people die because of alcohol and all of these tragic deaths are avoidable. We need to change our relationship with alcohol in the UK.”
Sean believes his consuming session wasn’t harmful because it was a one-off. He stated: “I don’t think it’s dangerous to do on the odd occasion but if you were doing it week by week it would be.”
He additionally claimed he did not actually have a hangover after his mammoth session. “I didn’t have a hangover but I was quite tired [after the weekend of drinking],” he stated.
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