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United States Coast Guard District Seven
Collateral Duty Addictions Representative (CDAR)

Miami, Florida

Decide before you start how many drinks you will have; Create your own limits and stick to them.
Put a time limit on your drinking; Don’t just drink; do something else entertaining.
Don’t make the drinking the main and only activity.
Don’t drink out of boredom: If you’re bored get up and do something active.
Alternate non-alcoholic drinks: Make every other or every third drink non-alcoholic.
Don’t drink on an empty stomach: Eat while you drink especially high protein foods with liquor, use mixes - Especially something with food value such as fruit juice
Don’t drink if you are taking other drugs; Alcohol and drugs don’t mix; That goes for prescription drugs, too.
Think of getting DRUNK as something to feel worried about, it is
Be concerned if you take a drink because you need it.
If hangovers are bothering you less, be concerned; It probably means that your body is beginning to adapt to excessive amounts of alcohol
Remember that if you routinely take more than 4 drinks a day, you will begin to harm your body.

(Excerpt from DRINKING TO YOUR HEALTH [Reston 1981] by John Ewing, M.D., University of North Carolina)

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