Is half a bottle of wine a night too much?

[eagerbeaver]

.

[Twiglett]

if its a question of you can't cope with a night without having a drink then yes its too much

[MrsSpoon]

If you drink the sort of wine that I drink that would tot up to about 35 units a week which is two and a half times the recommended limit for a woman.

[southeastastra]

the more you drink the more your tolerance goes up! (i'm teetotal at the mo)

[eagerbeaver]

Not every night, but most evenings. I never drink before the kids are in bed and its normally gone 9 before I have my first glass.

It doesn't sound like too much, but in the early hours of the morning I feel really unhappy about it and decide that I won't have any the next night. By the time it gets to the afternoon of the next day, the sun is shining and I really want to sit outside with a glass of wine.

I'm spending so much time thinking about it, I'm starting to think I do have a problem.

I'd also like to give up smoking, I find the 2 go hand in hand.

[MrsSpoon]

More than three units in one sitting increases your risk of breast cancer.

[crunchie]

Agree with Twig, if it is every night and you can't go without - Yes. If it is 3 or 4 times a week, then probably no.

I have about 1 - 2 bottles of wine a week but I might have some days with non, some with 3 glasses IYKWIM

[crunchie]

If you are thinking about it too, then maybe yes you do have a problem. Try planning 2 or 3 nights differently to take away the triggers that make you pour that glass. Once you have broken the habit, you will find it much easier.

[southeastastra]

i drank far too much, my tolerance went up and up. have you tried spritzers, add tons of soda that tends to make me hungry which slows down the glugging.

[eagerbeaver]

I am breastfeeding as well. Am I hurting my baby?

[MrsSpoon]

Nah.

[MrsSpoon]

Tiktok's fantastic info .

[chubbleigh]

I'm working that out at about 32 units, quite a bit over the recommended level which I think is 18 units for a woman. About two bottles a week would be the limit. Twigglet is right if you can't do without you could be on a slippery slope.

[eagerbeaver]

I can do without, if I really want to. It's just when the sun's out and another stressful day is over, I fancy a glass.

I haven't got any in the house at the moment, so I won't be having any tonight. I've also only got a few cigarettes left and I'm not going out for anymore. On my previous attempts at giving up smoking, I stopped drinking as well and went to bed ridiculously early.

[eagerbeaver]

Where's JanH? I wanted her to appear and say "Nooooo, I'm on my 2nd bottle".

[Enid]

isnt half a bottle 3 glasses which is 3 units

[eagerbeaver]

That's what I thought Enid. Obviously not!

[bundle]

half a bottle of wine is 5 units, ie a full bottle is 10. the units thing was worked out years ago when wine was weaker (9% - it's now more like 13%)

sorry girls

[Sugarpop]

1 glass = 1 unit is based on wine that is 8% proof and it means a small glass too! Most wines nowadays are 12-14 % one we had last night was 1.7 units per glass scary!!!!!

[southeastastra]

you can buy 9% proof wine, can you switch to that?

[dinny]

you can buy 4 per cent proof wine - make spritzers wih it maybe?

what is the women's weekly limit - isn't it 21 these days. should alway aim for at least 2 booze-free days pw too..

[mousiemousie]

i work with the manager of a critical care unit. This consumption is definitely enough to give some women liver failure - which is often fatal. But most women would be OK. Problem is you don't know which category you are in until its too late. More and more women in their 30s are dying of liver failure and you don't need to drink a bottle of spirits a day for this to happen. I was shocked by this information.

[dinny]

so is 10 units a bottle worked out on 2-14% proof wines?