Valentine’s Day is one of the most important dates in the calendar if you’re ready to find a new love.
Some people find a few drinks give them the bottle to approach someone they fancy, and alcohol can certainly lubricate a social situation. But moderation is the key here – would you fancy someone who’s slurring and staggering, if you weren’t in the same state yourself?
The morning after Valentine’s Day, you don’t want to wake up and look into the gorgeous deep blue eyes of a custody sergeant at your local nick.
We know it’s hard to go into a Valentine’s theme night stone cold sober, but sex and alcohol aren’t the best bedfellows.
Having your inhibitions lowered by drink can leave you more likely to make poor choices in your sexual partners, increasing the chances of sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancy, rape, assault and robbery…
So, as well as being dressed to impress, remember:
Eat something before you start drinking
Make sure you know how you’re going to get home (even if that turns out to be the next morning) – keep taxi-money separate from your drink-money
Keep yourself safe – don’t get separated from your friends
If there’s even the slightest possibility of sex, make sure you have condoms with you – and that you’re in a fit state to use them
Keep an eye on your drink to make sure no-one spikes it
Try having a spacer – alternate your alcoholic drinks with alcohol-free ones, to make sure you can see the love of your life clearly when they turn up!
Aquarius hits the air waves; following recent statements by government Ministers relating to safer drinking (two alcohol free days a week) local radio stations in Northamptonshire and BRMB (Birmingham) contacted Aquarius for comments
Government guidelines on safe drinking recommend two alcohol free days per week, this helps the liver as the liver is the organ that processes all of the alcohol we drink
Aquarius recommends a safe and appropriate approach to drinking
Bernie Pridgeon Senior Practitioner Northampton, represented Aquarius on the Northampton radio programme
Carla Lyndon Aquarius Resource Officer was invited to join a discussion on healthy lifestyle, which included safe drinking limits with two radio presenters from BRMB and staff from Birmingham & Solihull NHS Cluster. The discussions will be broadcast week beginning 17th January
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