Drinking wine each evening

🤣 Looks that way.

Pissed I reckon 😀

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What attracted you to this thread that has had zero posts since January?

Oh my! Give this women a break!
I’m sure all youre lives are just perfect and you’re all going to live until you’re 150 because you never had a drink.
Answer this what about children in hospitals/hospices who have never done anything in their lives yet their life is cruelly being cut short? You lot all banging on about health and cancers, healthy people get cancer, babies get cancer children get cancer, people die in car crashes, choking, house fires, the list is endless, live life while you can and stop being keyboard warriors thinking you know best about everything,
Enjoy your glass of wine!

You sound like you are functioning just fine on it but you do sound addicted.
Could you go without it for a month ?

If you're okay with daily drinking and healthy what's the harm.

Well done OP!

I have been enjoying Trip drinks, Kombucha and I’ve just bought some Sentía drink. So not a fan of non- alcoholic wine or beer but something that has a slight impact on mood/health.

The sentía drink is expensive but supposed to increase GABA - a neurotransmitter and supposed to simulate that first drink that relaxes you (but no alcohol in it)

I’m also trying to knock on the head the odd glass of wine at home in the week. As my sleep is so affected even after one glass. And only drink when socialising out and about.

It’s taken me a while to get to this stage though!

Well done OP.

I've not drunk anything since going out for a birthday early Jan (only had two Proseccos rather than say my usual 4/5).

My aim was (is) to ditch the mindless at home glasses of wine on a Friday/Saturday/Sunday (never drink during the week unless socialising) and only drink if out socialising.

Saving calories and pennies mainly - but also the crappy sleep that usually accompanies one or two glasses (menopause).

thanks for keeping us updated! Which alcohol free wine did you get? I’ve had some good AF beers (leffe is my favourite) but AF wine has always been a bit of a disappointment.

Sounds good. Agree you need to reframe it so alcohol is the rarer treat rather than a daily thing that you feel entitled to and put out when you can’t have it every day.

Excellent! Well done!

How you getting on Op? I realised I was drinking almost every night with dinner. Not much but it was pretty much a daily routine. Reading this thread made me question my habits and I thought I'd give it a miss for a couple of nights. I did and it surprised/ alarmed me how much I wanted a drink! Anyway I skipped a few nights more, then a few more and have barely drunk in the last month. I do feel better for it and I have lost some weight too.

Well done OP. It dawned on me last year that my life can tend to revolve around social drinking. It wasn’t unusual for me to drink 5x a week catching up with different friends/colleagues.

So I cut down and am really happy with my alcohol reduction in the last couple of months (shown in screenshot). my head feels a bit clearer and I feel like my body is starting to purge. I don’t procrastinate as much and I have my weekends back, I’m starting to take care of my health a bit more with supplements etc. I’m going to take blood tests in a few weeks which will hopefully show the impact to my body a bit better.

I’m not convinced managing this once is quite changing a habit. It’s a good start OP, but why not reframe it to days with alcohol, rather than days without.

• I’m going to drink 5 nights this week.

If no alcohol is the healthy default, then you’ve got lots to look forward to. Enhanced, rather than deprived.

keep it up.

You sound like an alcoholic.

Well done you.

Some may poo poo this as "pah it's only two days" but what you have shown is that you are in control of the wine and not the wine is in control of you.

I hope you feel good and proud to be back in control!

You have done so well OP. I hope that does not sound patronising. It can be incredibly hard to change the habits of a long time whether that is alcohol, chocolate or cigarettes etc. Amazing!

I hate aspartame and artificial sweetness 🤬

I have no idea. Sorry, I forgot to mention that as not drinking anything alcohol, I have no desire whatsoever to consume an alcohol free wine. My Saturday Kitchen post was for those who were looking for one.

I like Yorkshire tea with 1 sugar at the moment. High juice, and pure grapefruit juice!

I was on earlier saying I was going to be drinking a glass of red wine a night. Reading this thread I've revised that a bit, I will be drinking a smaller amount and not every night. I bought a very small sherry glass, about 75ml, I'm going to have that with my dinner, when I remember. I do enjoy it and started tonight.

I don’t feel like this is the best indication that you have a problem, not liking the thought of it. The thought of giving up crisps for a year makes me feel sad, because I like eating crisps. I don’t think that means I have a crisp problem? I wouldn’t want to give up sex for a year either, but I’m not a sex addict.

I suppose if you feel genuine panic then it’s an issue.

@JanglingJack

https://www.knackeredmotherswineclub.com/2024/01/the-weakest-link/

This one, perhaps?
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/zeno-alcohol-liberated-sparkling/873326-793984-793985?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAwP6sBhDAARIsAPfK_wbx0kMD1h6Ee6PuSnLLWPSk2hi7ACXr_Bxb0rKUb4pIpwCLcvv5J54aArlhEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds