There's never a bad time to take a look at our drinking habits and assess whether we need to make a change. While many people think that you only need to give up drinking if you have a problem with alcohol or hit 'rock bottom', Dr Amir Khan says the early signs of alcohol dependency are often never as dramatic as we expect.
"A few months ago, I was sharing a room with a few telly colleagues of mine, and we started talking about alcohol. One of them said she would always have a glass of wine each evening when she got home, and another said she did the same. Another one said, they may even have two glasses. I paused and then asked, “But you do have some alcohol free days in the week, too, right?” My question was followed by an awkward silence. None of them did," Dr Khan tells us, as woman&home's resident GP.
