Find things out for yourself

This site is for women who want to make smart decisions about their bodies and about their health. It is packed full of all sorts of information provided to help you know your what your options are when you are drinking. And how those options can affect the future of your possible children.

Now that you've reached drinking age, you are making your own decisions how to live your life. But consider that they may possibly be affecting others as well. So please remember, if there is any possibility you may be pregnant, play it safe and don't drink.

What’s a Drink?

One drink means:
one 12 oz beer; one 5 ounce glass of wine; or one 1.5 ounces (a shot)
of hard liquor
(scotch, whiskey, vodka). One Long Island Iced Tea can include one shot each of gin, rum, vodka, tequila, and triple sec.  That equates to 5 drinks. Think of the calories!

What’s Binge Drinking?

The terms heavy drinking, binge drinking and excessive drinking are often used interchangeably. All the terms mean “too much”. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines:

• heavy drinking as more than 1 drink per day on average.
• binge drinking is 4 or more drinks during a single occasion
• excessive drinking includes heavy drinking, binge drinking or both.

Drinking 8 or more drinks per week or occasionally having four or more drinks per day increases a woman’s chance of becoming dependent on alcohol, thereby increasing her risk of alcohol-related diseases.

Women and Alcohol

Thinking about drinking him under the table? 
Not so fast…Women are different than men
and alcohol is no exception. Women absorb and metabolize alcohol differently than men and can suffer more alcohol-related damage, even if they drink less or have been drinking for a shorter time than men.