The document provides tips for moderating alcohol consumption, such as drinking slowly, alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, avoiding drinking games, and stopping drinking well before the end of a social event to allow the body to metabolize the alcohol consumed. It also advises counting drinks, eating food when drinking, and never drinking and driving or riding with an intoxicated driver.

1. Tips for Moderating your Drinking
(http://www.studhlth.pitt.edu/healthed/alcohol.html#moderate)
• Say, "No thank you", if you do not want to drink. If you would feel
more comfortable with something in your hand, you can drink a
nonalcoholic beverage such as ginger ale or carry an alcoholic drink but
not consume it. Be proud to be yourself.
• Be sure you know the alcohol content of mixed drinks and punches
before you drink them.
• Count the number of drinks you consume and "pace" your drinking.
• Alternate between drinking alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
• Avoid drinking on an empty stomach. Food slows down the absorption
of alcohol.
• Avoid drinking games and "funneling". These promote abuse of alcohol
as well as abuse of one's body.
• Drink mixed drinks, or add ice cubes, and drink slowly.

2. • Stop drinking well before the end of a social event in order to
allow time for your body to metabolize the alcohol you have
consumed. The liver can process approximately one drink per
hour, no more and no less. Hot coffee and cold showers will do
nothing to make an intoxicated person sober. What you will
have is a wide awake drunk.
• Alcohol mixed with other drugs, prescription and non-
prescription, can be extremely hazardous and in some cases
lethal. Consult a qualified professional if you have specific
questions about this.
• Never drink and drive or ride with an intoxicated driver.
• Dress warmly in cold weather. Although alcohol may make you
feel warm, there is an increased risk of frostbite and
hypothermia from exposure to the elements after drinking,
particularly if you pass out or fall asleep outside during the
winter months.
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