Tips for Safer Drinking

Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health recommends

• Negligible to low risk when consuming two standard drinks or fewer per week;
• moderate risk for three-to-six standard drinks per week;
• and increasingly high risk beyond six standard drinks per week.
• For more info, visit CCSA Guidance on Alcohol and Health Public Summary

Tips to help you stay on target.

• Stick to the limits you set for yourself
• Drink slowly
• Drink lots of water
• For every drink of alcohol, have one non-alcoholic drink.
• Consider low-alcohol or alcohol-free options
• Eat before and while you are drinking
• Have alcohol-free weeks and plan alcohol-free activities.

Related Resources

• Canada’s Guidance on Alcohol and Health