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What is a Standard Drink? | How Much is one Alcoholic Drink Equivalent

What is a standard drink? What does one alcoholic drink equivalent mean? And why should you know what a standard drink is? The concept of a standard drink was developed in order to compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. There is obviously a big difference in the way you will feel and whether you should drive or operate heavy equipment after drinking the same sized glass of whiskey versus beer or wine. The problem is that the way the national guidelines are typically presented of a standard drink being 14 grams of alcohol per drink is hard to relate to. In this video share we look at the definition of a standard drink but more importantly explain why knowing and memorizing it is important and provide and easy visual mnemonic for ensuring that when you are out with friends or by yourself for a drink across the spectrum of alcohol whether it is whiskey rum vodka beer coolers red or white wine that you can fairly assess what is a safe daily limit to drink and even more importantly what would constitute a quantity enough to impair your senses and judgment. Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standar...