How Much Is Too Much?

Drinks

How much you drink or whether you drink at all is your choice. It is worth knowing that the choices you make about alcohol will affect your:

Physical and mental health
Relationships
Work
Academic performance at uni

Guidelines to reduce your risk

To reduce your risk when you drink alcohol, follow the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks.

If you’re a healthy adult:

On any day, you should not drink more than 2 standard drinks – following this guideline will reduce your risk of alcohol-related disease or injury over your lifetime.
On a single occasion, you should not drink more than 4 standard drinks – following this guideline will reduce your risk of injury and death on that occasion.

You can prepare yourself to make healthy choices and informed decisions about alcohol by understanding alcohol-related harm and ways to reduce it.

Alcohol and its effects on the body

Understand the effects that drinking alcohol can have on your body.

What's a standard drink?