Opinion | 5 ways to rethink your approach to alcohol and drinking: a sommelier says don’t binge, do cut back and try to stay healthy
- Recent research suggests even low-level drinking increases the risk of high blood pressure and heart disease, meaning no alcohol at all is the only safe limit
- Sommelier Yulia Ezhikova says it is time for all of us to take a look at our relationship with alcohol, and shares a few things she is implementing in her life
As a hospitality worker, I always dread the New Year’s Eve service. It’s not even 10pm and I have already spotted someone throwing up by the side of the road across from our restaurant.
I go out and give a bottle of water and a stack of napkins to a group of young men joking loudly about their hunched over friend.
An hour later, I see a man helping a woman climb a long flight of stairs. She’s wearing a gorgeous sequinned dress and a pair of ambitious heels, but her legs betray her, and she loses balance with every step. They must be coming from that new trendy bar down the road.
By the time I close the restaurant and start walking home, just past midnight, people are flooding the streets eager to switch bars after the countdown.
Clumsy, confused, with eyes glazed over, many hold hands knowing they might easily slip. This is not their first rodeo. I look around and can’t help but feel partially responsible.
