How much do you really drink?

Same! I drink WAY more than people are saying on here but absolutely WAY less than everyone I know irl!

A glass of prosecco at Christmas and a shandy in the summer.

So about two units a year.

Teetotal since 2009. I was diagnosed with cancer in September, 2023 so I know for definite I will never touch a drop of alcohol again.

I love a drink & I’m a creature of habit, I have 2-3 glasses of Prosecco every Friday, Saturday & Sunday & I really enjoy it!

I’m away with a friend who is currently occupied with something. I’ve already had two small glasses wine whilst I kill time waiting for her. I want a third. I feel I might be judged. Debating if I care.

I haven't been drinking for a while but when I was, I would say two bottles of wine a week (or equivalent in beer) on average.

I like a drink but don’t miss it if I don’t have it. I have a few if I go out. Perhaps a glass of wine in an evening if I feel like it. I’ve not felt like it since New Year’s Day, though. Having a pub lunch tomorrow so might have a couple.

So far today I have had 5 pints and 2 double whiskeys. Heading out to see a band shortly so there will be more alcohol and probably chips before the end of the night 😊

Variable, I have a beer every saturday and sunday, if I go out out I’ll drink quite a lot, which is maybe on average 7-8 times a year. I do drink a fair bit of non-alcoholic beer.

I appear to be one of those rates people (although not in rl) who actually likes the taste of alcohol and for whom non alcoholic drinks really aren't a good substitute.

Definitely drank less when dc were little. Currently it's probably 1.5 bottles over the weekend, Friday to Sun. Unless I'm out. In which case, it depends what mood I'm in. Had an accidental pint this afternoon cos a ramble took a turn to a pub. I'm not strict, so if I fancy a drink another time I'll have one.

I'm in my 40s, so According to mn , I've probably only got a couple of years before I hate alcohol and go tee total.

I probably drink about the same amount as you, except some weekends I don't bother. Like I didn't drink last night because I knew I had to get up early this morning so it feels like a waste to open a bottle of wine now so I will probably end up having an alcohol free weekend.
DH goes through phases of either not drinking at all or having a couple of beers a night on the weekend or sometimes sharing a bottle of wine with me.

I really only have a drink on Christmas Day- champagne and dry white wine.

If I have two drinks during the rest if the year that would be it. I am not a teetotaller, it just doesn't cross my mind to drunk these days.

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Agree, just noone on mumsnet😀

30-40 units a week.

I don’t really drink.
About once or twice a year, I might have a bottle of low alcohol cider.

Exactly the same, drink one night a week and I'd easily finish the bottle of wine, could easily drink another night but I don't because id be wrecked by Monday. Suppose om a binge drinker too

I used to drink a lot.. too much. Less in my twenties than my late teens, but still too much. I have a problematic relationship with alcohol and have no ‘off’ switch on nights out/at events. I thought I could get it under control by just cutting down but I can’t and won’t ever be able to I don’t think, so I went completely sober at the end of April this year… then got pregnant so that’s helped form the habit of not drinking properly! Hoping it’ll stick. I’ve every intention of remaining teetotal anyway.

1.5 bottles of wine on a weekend or 35ml of spirits

Early fifties. Drank a lot through twenties and thirties. I don’t drink in the week unless I go out to meet a friend (then 4 gins OR 4 wines tops and will only do that once or twice a month).

But Friday and Saturday I will want a drink no matter where I am. Is that habit? 4 or 5 drinks is probably my normal limit now.

Big night out can be messy though.

Typically 20-25 units per week at home
will be more if we go out and run up to Christmas etc
used to be more than this in the past

I've never been too bothered, always ended up being the driver as I'd only ever have had one or two anyway. Dh is more of a drinker than me (not difficult). I now have a g&t or a Baileys probably once every couple of weeks, whereas it used to be every few months.

He only drinks 2 nights a week but sinks half a bottle of whiskey when he does, which I think is far too much. He's always fine next day, but never drinks when he has to get up for work/drive. When I first met him he had fallen into terrible habits and was drinking far too much after caring for his first wife with early onset dementia, then grieving her loss. A condition of being with him was that he reined it RIGHT in and get any help necessary to do that. He is much happier with the current status quo. I have no issue with the 2 nights a week but would much prefer him to drink less than he does on those nights.

Doing Dry Jan, which I do every year, but outside of that - usually 1 small 120ml glass of white wine a night, maybe a second glass on Saturdays and Sundays. If having friends over for dinner, or out to dinner with friends, maybe 3-5 glasses over an evening - but that's rare. We tend to go out and see shows rather than sit around drinking. But I can feel my body wanting less these days. On NYE I had 3 glasses of champagne and one small glass of red over the entire night and really felt it next day.

Nothing, as teetotal. I have never liked the taste of alcohol. DD and DS are coming up 18 and 21, also teetotal as they dislike the taste.
DH Might have a couple of beers (Morretti or sthg)when he meets his mates on a Tuesday, the rest of the time he doesn't drink alcohol either.

Maximum of one bottle of red over a weekend for me. Quite often just 2 glasses and I'll use the rest for cooking.
DP loves booze, he'll have 4 large cans every Friday and Saturday so 8 pints per weekend.