Short of not drinking any alcohol (which is the medical recommendation for people who have had liver damage due to alcohol), there are many things you can do to limit the bad effects of alcohol and beer.
1. Know your limit. Know how much alcohol you can handle without losing control.
2. Eat food while you drink. It is particularly good to eat high protein foods such as cheese and peanuts, which help to slow the absorption of alcohol into the circulatory system.
3. Sip your drink. If you gulp a drink for the effect, you are losing a pleasure of drinking, namely tasting and smelling the various flavors. This is particularly true for wine.
4. Accept a drink only when you really want one. At a party if someone is trying to force another drink on you, ask for ice or drink a non-alcoholic beverage.
5. Cultivate taste. Choose quality rather than quantity. Learn the names of fine wines, whiskeys, and beers. Learn what beverage goes with what foods.
6. Skip a drink now and then. When at a party, have a nonalcoholic drink between the alcoholic one to keep your blood alcohol concentration down. Space your alcoholic drinks out to keep the desired blood alcohol concentration.
7. Don’t drink on an empty stomach. Eating a substantial meal before you go out and drink can actually help slow the absorption of alcohol. A full stomach may also help you cut down on the amount of alcohol you can drink.
8. Make sure that drinking improves social relationships rather than impairs them. Serve alcohol as an adjunct to an activity rather than as the primary focus.
9. Appoint a designated driver. Have someone available who will not be drinking and will drive all drinkers home. This is critical if the person has consumed more than one drink per hour.
10. Use alcohol carefully in connection with other drugs.This includes over-the-counter drugs such as sleeping pills and cold or cough medicines. Alcohol should be avoided while taking certain antibiotics, arthritic, anti-depressant, and many other prescription medications.
11. Avoid drinking mixed drinks on an empty stomach on a hot day.
12. Drink water or non alcoholic beverages in between drinks. Alcohol dehydrates your body, so drinking a non-alcoholic “decoy” between alcoholic drinks not only helps you cut down on alcohol consumption, it also helps keep your body hydrated.
So there you have, please drink responsibly!