Why did I drink 2 bottles of wine!

We’ve reached the peak. Weight has been crowbarred in.

It's absolutely normal for 2 bottles of wine to make someone absolutely hammered! I would be puking in the kitchen if I had done that. I don't think normalising that kind of binge drinking is smart.

Well deal with that issue and stop projecting your issues on to others.

I'd be comatose!

I’ll drink two bottles of wine tonight if that will make you feel better OP. Clutch your pearls everyone! Oh and I might make a Sunday dinner on Tuesday! The horror.

No. If I drank more than one bottle then I’d throw it back up. Not a chance I could keep two bottles down. I think it depends on BMI though. Bigger people can usually drink more.

Sometimes we need a wake up call. Drink absolutely loads of water for the rest of the day and night. Honestly, I'm 42 and a glass of wine affects me so much the next day. I was one of those bottle of wine before we went out early twenties gals.

It's obvious that it's a one-off and you're going through some serious emotional stuff right now, so don't beat yourself up over it and don't let some of the extremely judgy comments you've received feed into making you feel worse.
If it wasn't a one-off, you wouldn't be bothered about it.

I've been in a deeply emotional state before a couple of years ago and I opened a bottle of wine and thought "f*ck it!" as a kind of release valve. In my case, it was a really tasty Malbec and I was listening to music and watching music videos and because I was tipsy, it felt like a non-issue when I opened the second bottle. I was just enjoying that particular wine and felt good in those moments.

I did it once, and never again, I felt the anxiety you feel the next day but after a day of being kind to myself, everything was fine.

If you can, get something carby and a bit salty to eat, rehydrate yourself and try and have a shower and a hairwash and then snuggle down, watch a feel-good movie and try and have a sleep.

Most of all - stop feeling bad about it - you've done nothing wrong - you just had a blow-out that's all. You've let your steam off x

I suppose you have a point - a bit of bacon is a cure for most things.

Yes, I agree. This might be the first time you noticed it.

You would have had to keep going back to fill your glass or take a swig. That speaks to more than just enjoying a tipple, that sounds more like a compulsion. We could be wrong, of course. If it is true you'll start to notice it more and more.

Not gonna lie, this would have killed me. Half a bottle is my limit. 2 bottles of wine is crazy @Isitchristmasyett !!!

Or presumably, like me and plenty of others I know, call any roast a ‘Sunday Dinner’. I could make a roast chicken dinner on Wednesday and still call it a ‘Sunday dinner’. No fabrication necessary.

Your first option is two Large glasses per adult over 6 hours.....absolutely not an issue at all so she definitely means 2 bottles to herself.

If I was in a place where I could sink 2 bottles of wine without even noticing I would take a look at my drinking and probably knock it on the head for a few weeks.

Full fat coke….. to add to that!

It wouldn’t be normal in my world but everyone is different.

can anybody else manage 2 bottles?

No. I can't even mange one. I would be ill after one bottle and horribly ill after two. Ignore the posters who get drunk after half a thimble of wine. I do drink, but in moderation. However, it's worrying that you can still feel OK after one bottle.

Didn't you share the wine with your parents?

Me too which is why I know what true alcoholism is. It’s not a one off session, it’s years of insidious drinking that ruins lives and relationships.

Can you clarify please - you shared 2 bottles of wine with 2 other adults? Or you drank 2 bottles entirely alone? One of those is less of an issue than the other.

And the 'I can drink a bottle and still be ok', how often is that happening? Regularly sinking a whole bottle by yourself would suggest to me that you do indeed have a problem with alcohol.

I could drink two bottles of white comfortably without much ill effect, as long I paced myself, say starting with a glass or two before lunch at 12.30, then another 2-3, pssibly 4 with the meal, and a few more more afterwards. I'd know I'd had a drink the following day, but I'd feel perfectly well enough to go to work etc.

I couldn't do that with red though. A glass or two more than a bottle and I end up with a crippling migraine that makes me throw up so badly that I can't even keep water down.

It's a bloody shame, because I love red wine and there are two very fine bottles of Crozes Hermitage in the wine rack.

This, seconded.

One glass would be more than enough for me but alcohol is a rare thing for me.

Why do you feel guilty?

A large glass an hour. A lot but it does begin to metabolise so with a big meal thrown in I can see how if you can easily drink a bottle over the course of a few hours then 2 could happen over 6. I don't think it makes you an alcoholic!

@Mila345 not that 🤣 although we are hair of the dogging today. Dog looking a bit bald tbh!