British booze consumption in biggest fall for 60 years

You know the economy has slowed when the Brits cut back on booze.

Notorious abroad for their binge-drinking, Britons bucked the trend last year with alchohol consumption in the country showing its biggest fall since 1948, the industry said Friday.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a6ecfa36-b6c1-11df-b3dd-00144feabdc0.html

 

no this means the mkt is in a boom, in a depression people buy more booze

 

Everyone is putting his last penny in junior mining stocks.

 

I thought booze sales went up durring recessions/depressions.

 

Those were the days before socialized medicine, when Brits self medicate.

 

"But 39 percent of British men and 31 percent of women still exceeded the recommended daily amount of booze"

I live in the US so please excuse my query but....what is the "recommended daily amount of booze" over there?

 

From http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/features/health/guide-to-alcohol-units-and-measures: