The Martini-loving spy urgently needs help for his booze addiction, medical experts from the University of Otago in New Zealand claim in a study called 'License to Swill.'
“There is strong and consistent evidence that James Bond has a chronic alcohol consumption problem at the ‘severe’ end of the spectrum,” they revealed in the Medical Journal of Australia.
During his six decades on screen, a drink touched the secret agent’s lips 109 times at an average of 4.5 times per movie, the researchers found.
Bond's biggest binge came in 2008’s 'Quantum of Solace' where he knocked back six of his signature Vesper Martinis in one session.
That would have put his blood alcohol level at more than six times the drink-drive limit and well into the range that can prove deadly, reports the New York Post.
And it is Bond's over-the-top booze binges that put his world-saving missions for Queen and country most at risk.
When he drinks, Bond engages in risky behaviour like sleeping with the enemy “sometimes with guns or knives in the bed,” researchers wrote in their study.
He’s also prone to fights, car chases, high-stakes gambling and tampering with complex machinery – including nuclear weapons.
Researchers say 007 shows at least six of the 11 criteria for somebody who is regularly abusing alcohol.
They suggest his bosses at MI6 become “a responsible employer” and offer the secret agent support services and “change its own workplace drinking culture.”
“Further, MI6 management needs to redefine Bond’s job to reduce his stress levels. More field support and a stronger team approach are needed so that his duties do not weigh as heavily upon him,” the researchers said.
The article won first prize in the Medical Journal of Australia’s Christmas competition, where researchers submit quirky studies.
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