Adrian Chiles says counting his alcohol units has helped him cut down since making an eye-opening documentary on booze.
Hosting BBC2’s Drinkers Like Us changed his life after a doctor on the show warned him about his intake. He said: “I’ve definitely drunk much less. That came down to counting it. I resisted counting for a long time.
“The first time I ever counted was the first day of filming. West Brom were playing Liverpool then it was my mate’s 40th birthday. I totted them all up in the morning, it was something like 38 units.
"And it didn’t even feel a big drinking day to me. I thought, hang on a bit, this is dodgy.”
Each pint of beer or glass of wine has two to three units, and doctors advise a maximum of 14 units a week.
Chiles, 52, added: “The absolute starting point is to count what you are drinking. I count every day. And I do drink a lot less.”
Speaking on the Series Linked Podcast to promote his new BBC2 series Our Coast, he said viewers still thank him for making the 2018 documentary, two years on.
He said: “So many people say, ‘It really made me think’. I was proud of that.”
Full interview on the Series Linked podcast. Our Coast begins on BBC2 on Friday, February 7, at 8.30pm
