Never mind ‘fun’ applications for your iPhone, how about one that acts like your mum?
The NHS, with our best interests at heart, has released an app for the hugely popular Apple handset which counts your units of alcohol and tells you when you’re drunk. It’s all part of the government’s plan to spend less money on treating self-inflicted ailments, by pointing out to people that it’s not entirely wise or necessary to live entirely on take-aways or drink until you’re incapable - which of course very much has the feel of a doomed enterprise.
Users can get the app, called NHS Drinks Tracker, free from iTunes; but quite aside from the fact that no-one wants to be nagged by their gadgets, there seems to be another issue in that entering the serving size of the drink, its percentage of alcohol and how many of them you’ve had requires - well, a measure of sobriety.
If you’re really concerned about watching your alcohol intake, then sticking to just the one, or better still the iPhone beer drinking app might be a better bet.
