Are there different types of alcohol drinkers? We probably know of two - normal drinkers and alcoholics. Britain`s health officials now tell us there are nine of them.
The Department of Health has researched drinking types to promote public health campaign against excessive or binge drinking. Alcohol-related illnesses cost the NHS around £2.7 billion a year.
Health researchers have over the past one year analysed the social and psychological characteristics of people who regularly drink twice the recommended guidelines of alcohol - 35 alcohol units per week for women and 5o for men.
Image:A drinker enjoys a pint at the Northern Whig Bar on April 10, 2008 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In the 10 years since the Good Friday Peace agreement Belfast has received more than ?5 billion in investment from the private and public sectors.
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