A ReThink of the Way we Drink

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This video is a collaboration between Dr. Mike Evans and a research team led by Dr. Katharine Bradley of Group Health, a Seattle-based, consumer-governed non-profit health system. www.ghc.org/
Dr. Mike Evans is a staff physician at St. Michael's Hospital and an Associate Professor of Family Medicine. He is a Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and has an endowed Chair in Patient Engagement and Childhood Nutrition at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Bradley, a Group Health general internist and senior investigator at Group Health Research Institute, is a leading researcher in alcohol and health. Her work includes studies funded by the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism and the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality aimed at improving primary care for patients with unhealthy drinking.
Written, Narrated and Produced by Dr. Mike Evans
Illustrations by Liisa Sorsa
Directed and Photographed by Mark Ellam
Produced by Nick De Pencier
Editor, David Schmidt
Story/Graphic Facilitator, Disa Kauk
Production Assistant, Chris Niesing
Director of Operations, Mike Heinrich
©2015 Michael Evans and Reframe Health Films Inc.

[@carrot1269]

I think what's making a massive difference these days is the growth of non-alcoholic alternatives, which really eases a lot of the stress of cutting down alcohol use. The idea that if I go to most bars I can buy a low/non alcohol beer reconfigures that social dimension of drinking, and alcohol free spirits make it so in the evening I can make myself a nice drink without consuming any units.

[@myhypno]

I enjoy the perfect blend of simple medical advice and creative animation. Quite a skill he has. Hopefully his videos are reaching many. I refer my clients to them all the time.

[@aap-ce8vz]

I love the way Dr. Evan's uses the whiteboard to illustrate what he is saying as well move to the next point. It makes more sense to me hearing and seeing the illustrations and keeps me more focused. I also think it is important to look at how alcohol can have its health benefits in certain aspects such as cholesterol or blood pressure, but how those benefits do not necessarily outweigh the risks like cancer and so on. I also like how this video does not harp on alcohol and how it is bad, but also highlights how it is linked to many positive life events as well.

[@elizabethhorne2614]

I liked this video a lot. It was very informative and made me start thinking about passed relationships and how right I was. I had a boyfriend who did not drink every day but when he drank he could not stop. He would drink a whole case of beer and then continue on to a whole fifth. Luckily, I am not in that unhealthy relationship anymore but it opened my eyes to what the real issues were. It eventually came down to the alcohol or me. He didn't think he had a problem but obviously chose the alcohol. I have seen many people slowly depend on alcohol to have fun, to sleep, to deal with stress. There is a fine line between relaxing and having a few drinks and becoming an "alcoholic". I know Dr. Evans doesn't exactly like that term so I am using it loosely. Don't get me wrong, I like to have a drink every now and again but NOT on a regular basis. I will have one at dinner one ever 2-3 weeks. I might even have one to celebrate the end of this semester! Watching people drink their lives away is sad and in many, they do not think there is an issue so they will continue drinking until the harmful effects are smacking them in the face. I knew it could case liver damage but I didn't know it heightened chances of certain cancers especially breast cancer in women.

[@waynecaswell]

I love the way Dr. Mike Evans presents his whiteboard talks on health issues and hope he'll someday do one on SLEEP, because sleep deficiency can easily have as much impact as alcohol use but is much harder to detect. (There's no blood test the police can do.) Some 100,000 car crashes reported each year are a direct result of drowsy driving, according to the National Highway Safety Administration. This results in some 1,550 deaths, 71,000 injuries, and $12.5 billion in monetary loss. Actually, 60% of adult drivers (about 168M people) admit to having driven a vehicle this past year while feeling drowsy, and more than 1/3 (37% or 103M) have fallen asleep at the wheel! Keep this in mind as you approach oncoming cars on highways with no center median. Are They sleep deprived? Are you? "A ReThink of the Way we SLEEP" -- A Dr. Evans presentation on sleep would surely mention driver safety, but bigger issues include the impact on all sorts of health conditions and on performance at school, work, and in sports. Dr. Evans needs a financial sponsor to fund such a video presentation or it won't happen.

[@nevzatogulozturk]

I love these dravings, makes me wanna watch more

[@PeterSelie001]

The way this person draws is very relaxing, nice information too.

[@A.A.A.182]

Peter Selie It's actually an app

[@lazarinth5782]

DO ONE ON FAST FOOD PLEASE!!!

[@simonekaptein5902]

I LOVE your work Dr. Mike, but I wish you had used Canadian drinking limits and statistics!!

[@madiantin]

A measure of how good this video is - I'm watching it even though I don't drink alcohol. =D

[@flaminghotcheetos8761]

Me when I see something about alcohol My body: My brain: GET DOWN GET DOWN

[@mountaintherapy6198]

Thanks Dr. Mike! A gentle, informative overview of alcohol use: A ReThink of the Way we Drink

[@ashleywettlaufer8157]

Love the video but can you explain why you chose not to include the Canadian LRDGs?

[@FloriaCinzano]

Really well done! One stand-out here is that, so often, I see clinicians in media offering "limits" for per day/per week drinking with great solemnity, but no justification! Just a parental "Don't ever, ever drink more than this. Believe us, we're doctors." In contrast, this presentation offers tangible reasons for the limits presented.

[@soniablancomejia]

I liked your video, it targets all population (including physicians). I need to see your other video on the health effects of drinking

[@rethinkyourdrinking4998]

Absolutely love the video but wish Canadian LRADGs were used - I'm concerned this is going to be confusing to Canadians when they see other weekly and daily limits in this video.

[@linethmanuel1522]

The animation was helpful!

[@someonespeci1697]

drinking kills!

[@HausofHealth-Wellness]

I thoroughly agree with your mentions of the consequences of over drinking and humans not realizing the harm they are doing to their bodies in the long run. I also agree that the problem does not only lie with the alcoholics but the teenager that sees drinking as a way to show off for their friends and look cool while doing it. Also, I would like to expand upon the idea of getting a person to a better place with talking in therapy, seeing a psychiatrist, or going to a community agency. Although this may be helpful for many people trying to solve their problem of over drinking or using alcohol as a way out from stress, some people do not need to seek help. Yes, they may drink more than they should and they may even be considered to have an alcohol disorder but they do still function in society. They still wake up every morning, get the kids ready for school, go to work, come home workout, make dinner, and play with the kids, then the might sit down with their spouse and have a few drinks while discussing how their day went. Then on the weekends, they might let loose and have a couple more drinks than normal while out with some friends but they still wake up the next morning ready for a new day. Thirty years from now they may wake up in a hospital bed dying from a bad liver but they know they lived a good life, they enjoyed life and did not waste one minute of it. Yes, they could have saved lots of money and not drank as much but they would have been miserable and cranky because drinking was their way of letting go and relaxing. Due to your video wouldn't they be considered of having an alcoholic disorder? But they still functioned in society, lived the life they wanted and died a happy man. Isn't that better than living a life where you always had to watch what you drank?

[@floydknip6943]

last I heard moderate drinking was still beneficial at lowering CVD risk, has that changed suddenly? From this video it seems so.

[@thatguyinthatband]

FloydKnip Seems like no one has responded to your question. Even though it was a month ago I wanted to try to give it a shot. From what I understand they have stopped recommending it because of the slippery slope. Drinking alcohol has risks associated with it in the big picture. If you're keeping that in check then alcohol can have positive impact on your CVD. I'm not sure that the numbers are significant enough that anyone would consider alcohol usage as "preventative" though. There are more effective ways to keep that heart in shape ;)

[@juliaarndt8290]

have you done anything about Pot or fentanyl

[@ernestmoney7252]

"For a woman, the risk of breast cancer starts to increase with even less than one drink a day on average." (3:50) True, but, as usual with this type of warning, not the whole truth. According to the American Cancer Society: QUOTE. Drinking alcohol is clearly linked to an increased risk of developing breast cancer. The risk increases with the amount of alcohol consumed. Compared with non-drinkers, women who have 1 alcoholic drink a day have a *very small increase* in risk. Those who have 2 to 5 drinks daily have about 1½ times the risk of women who don’t drink alcohol. Excessive alcohol consumption is known to increase the risk of other cancers, too. The American Cancer Society recommends that women have no more than 1 alcoholic drink a day. A drink is 12 ounces of regular beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits. END QUOTE. So the ACS actually give its blessing to consumption of the same amount of alcohol that the video declares associated with breast cancer.

[@UnderlyfeMusic]

So basically the point of the limit is to never get drunk, or even tipsy. Then what's the point of even going out and spending money at the bars with your friends? Because it's a social thing to do? Well then what's the difference between that or just going out and getting coffee or a soda? If I'm spending money at the bars or at home, I'm drinking to feel the effects of it. Not to drink it like any other drink.

[@meganmcmichael7527]

I do not think that this is the direction that Evans is getting at; from what I got out of the video is more directed toward health professionals and how they should address alcohol consumption in EVERY patient, not just those who seem to be abusers. Yes, alcohol has many adverse effects as he listed in the video but he also stated that drinking to your body's limit is okay every once in awhile. I feel as though once you start to surpass this limit often enough to wear it might become a general health concern is when you should start to worry, and this is the point that Evans is attempting to make too--not just those bodies of the people with excessive drinking are affected by the consumption of alcohol.

[@jasminesmith4394]

Alcohol is something that most people do for many different occasions. As said in the video people do to celebrate, going out, deaths and many other reason and so. starting with teenagers, when we first get in contact with alcohol its something that we all want to try but how much you observe is the case. some people simply can turn into an alcoholic because of how much they obtain and continually use it. alcohol isn't really good for you because it can cause many health problems like alcohol disorder, liver problems, stomach bleeds and even dementia. it can even cause problems like getting into fights, accidents and people die from drinking alcohol . that's why there is limits on drinking so we could try to avoid all these bad causes from dangering our lives and others. its okay to have a least one or two drinks a day but the problem is in todays world is that people over do it and don't really look into the problems that comes along with it.

[@austinn.4389]

Great video! ;-)

[@othoapproto9603]

I haven't and don't drink

[@michaelmoreton5042]

My prostate gland has really helpedme cut down. 1pint OK, 2 not bad 3 and I am up all night pissing

[@AFROJOE2323]

80% of people attempting to recover relapse.

[@gogaming3507]

Who is here from their from their pe teacher in 6E