An online calculator tool shares how much you could save by taking part in Sober October.
Millions of Brits take part in the event each year to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support, while abstaining from consuming any alcohol.
As the cost of living continues to impact people’s spending habits, one effective way to save money could be to reduce your overall alcohol intake.
In 2019, 57% of people aged over 16 reported drinking up to 14 units of alcohol per week, according to that year’s Health Survey for England.
Based on the above statistics, if you were to cut back on ordering six medium glasses of white wine each week, you could save as much as £107 per month, per Creditfix’s online calculator.
An online calculator tool by Creditfix shares how much you could save by taking part in Sober October
This screenshot from the online calculator shows that cutting back on cider by four pints each week could save you £77.76 per month
Meanwhile, eliminating seven pints of lager from your alcohol consumption each week could save just over £150, according to the calculator.
When it comes to spirits, drinking nine single gin and tonics on a weekly basis could set you back as much as £214 over the course of a month.
According to its website, Creditfix looked at ‘the cost of alcoholic beverages in 30 pubs across the UK, to create a national average of popular drinks’.
It added: ‘The calculator factors in how much you are likely to drink per week, and then brings up a savings figure per week, and per month.’
The creation of the online calculator tool by Creditfix comes as a major study suggests drinking alcohol can increase your risk of developing 60 diseases.
Oxford University researchers, who analysed data from half a million men living in China, have now found that drinking alcohol can raise the risk of gout and cataracts.
Other disorders never-before-linked to booze in the study include fractures, lung cancer and circulatory diseases.
Some of the links were apparent for low amounts of alcohol, even intake below NHS guidelines.
Experts said the findings show that drinking alcohol is liked to a ‘much wider range of diseases’ than previously thought.
Excessive alcohol consumption is estimated to be behind around three million deaths worldwide each year.
The NHS advises men and women drink no more than 14 units of alcohol a week, with one unit being half a pint of beer or a small glass of wine.
However, the World Health Organization (WHO) says that no amount of alcohol is safe.
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