Changing column data type

I want to change a column's data type from bit to int. There are data in the table already. I'm wondering if it is save/correct way to issue the following command to change the data type for that column.

ALTER TABLE database_table
ALTER COLUMN my_bit_columnINT;

Thanks.

It should work. The data will change to 0 (if it was False) or 1 (if it was True) after you change your column data type.