Healthy advice? Don’t consume it.
It’s bad for your body. Period. There are a MILLION articles out there which will tell you how it damages your system and that you should not consume it if you’re even HALF serious about a healthy life.
But…We LOVE partying! Don’t we? 
If you do…read on after the visual!
I am Obsessed with being fit, having an awesome looking physique and the related, but come Friday night, and I start missing my bartender buddies, the dance floor calls out to me, the Credit Card machines pine for the caress of my card in their slots, the images of hundred of bodies grooving to pulsating music being belted out on monster equipment fog up my head.
It makes me miserable…and I think…I work out for this right? To look good, feel good, and any which way whatever calories I am consuming are being burnt in the gym. Right?
Maybe….
See, let’s be honest here. In today’s urban scenario with fast paced lives and monster workloads, alcohol has come about as a bit of a saviour. It helps one unwind after a hard day/week, lose our stress for those precious few hours, make friends out of strangers in times where we might not even know the name of our next door neighbour…it is a great social lubricant. No matter how much we talk about abstaining from it, realistically, it will take nothing short of a miracle for that to happen.
So…we have to learn how to live with it.
It’s even harder when you care about your fitness, gruel it out in a gym for the entire week and then the weekend comes and washes it all away…maybe even drags you down into negative territory. For us fitness freaks it’s a constant fight between the mind and the body.
I am NOT going to tell you to stay off it…like i said there is enough terabytes of material out there which will tell you that. I will rather give out pointers and strategies for you to minimize the impact and ways to moderate the consumption so as to neither completely take your health out for a toss, nor rape your social life dry.
First. Here is a small video of what happens in your body when you consume alcohol. No. it’s not one of those promotional type gory videos.
Second. The number of calories in:
1 bottle beer (650 ml) =2392
1 regular Rum (30 ml) = 66
1 regular Whiskey (30 ml) = 66
Red wine (100 ml) = 70
White wine (100 ml) = 65
Coke (240 ml) = 105
*all figures are approximate
Third.
You need to burn 3850 calories to reduce your weight by one kg, all other things remaining constant. In other words, 3850 calories consumed will make you gain 1 Kg weight (thats VERY close to the calorie count for one and a half beers)
Fourth.
Half an hour of calisthenics (e.g. pushups, situps, pullups, jumping jacks) with heavy, vigorous effort burns approximately
286 calories
Cool. I guess you’ll be doing your math for a bit 
Now, we go on to control strategies.
1. ALWAYS go clubbing to very expensive places . The pricing will keep you sober.
2. Avoid drinking at home. It’s cheap and easy. Hence you overkill.
3. Always reach parties late. Less time and a sober view of drunk people will inhibit alcohol consumption.
4. Party in cities where clubs shut down by 1:30 AM. Thank the police van.
5. Party with wives/girlfriends (the serious relationship sorts). Your liver LOVES the dark sideways glances.
6. Always order Long Drinks. Less alcohol, more less-harmful stuff.
7. DON’T do Shots. NEVER do shots. For reasons Obvious.
8. Follow every drink with a glass of water/Juice. Its called a Spacer.
9. The first drink should be one whole glass of water. It’ll fill you up and quench your thirst.
10. Be classy. SIP your drink. Everyone loves a stylish person. 
11. Never Ever do Jell-O shots. Thats how I get people Drunk.
12. Eat your dinner BEFORE you start drinking. Will fill you up.
13. Don’t try to get hot women drunk…especially not with bottoms up sorta tricks. Rarely works to an advantage.
14. Remember, most women look hot once you’re high enough (esp. true in a club), so save yourself the troublesome morning. Leave the club. Don’t check with mates, they want to take pictures.
15. All the guys want one thing, so if one is buying you LOTS of drinks, most chances are…
16. Don’t eat salty fillers. Will make you thirsty. You drink more.
17. DON’T get into a drinking standoff… You’ll lose…even if you win.
Plus, since I love you all so much, I have firefighting strategies:
1. Consume antioxidants (Vitamin A, C, E. Selenium)
2. Consume Vitamin B1
3. Drink LOTS of water.
4. Contrary to belief, Coffee will NOT help
5. A Gatorade will help
6. A virgin Mary will help a LOT
7. Avoid Painkillers, the side effects are magnified combined with alcohol.
8. Eat complex carbs like toast, cereal, bread. They absorb the residual alcohol.
Thats all there is to it folks.
The Idea is to reduce consumption to minimal, and hence save your system from a LOT of damage. Especially when the season to party has just begun.
Heres wishing you a BRILLIANT time partying this season.
Love
Aaditya
P.S. Any wild do happening…do send me a shout…I’ll come with Jell-O shots 
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