How much do you drink? Honestly!

Same here - I dont drink, am slim, fit and dont do drugs.

I am a bit perplexed by OP's assertion that anyone who doesnt drink must be either obese or on drugs 😂🤣

Why do people "have" to have vices to enjoy life anyway? smoking, drinking and drugs hold zero appeal to me because they make you feel like shit and reduce your quality of life. I used to work in the NHS and having seen the frankly, terrifying physical results of such vices I choose not to do them precisely because life is too short for liver disease, brain damage and COPD.

Back in my 20's early 30's I drank to the point of inebriation 4 nights a week. Since having my children, I may have one drink a month and I usually don't finish that. It has just lost its appeal.

In my early 30’s before DC, I was in a job where the boss would talk about wine o’clock etc and couldn’t wait to get home for a glass of wine. I’d smile along and agree and go home to my fizzy water. So if you worked with me, you might think I was drinking the same as you but I wasn’t, I was just playing politics with the culture she started in the office. So glad I’m out of that type of world now!

Me too.😁

OH and I drink most days. I have alcohol free days if there is a need, eg if I play sport in the evening, if I have an early start the next day, if I am taking antibiotics, etc, and that doesn't worry me.

I try to keep to 3 or 4 drinks a night - that would be half or 1 bottle of cider and 1 or 2 glasses of wine (so around 5 units a night). OH drinks a lot more.

I was truly surprised to see the amount of people on the other thread who don't drink alcohol and thought "That can't possibly be true!

@Starlight1984 , I think you are correct in what you say in your post, and what we see here is that the people who don't drink / don't approve of drinking are very much more vocal than the people who quietly get on with drinking reasonable amounts of alcohol.

Wouldn’t drink Monday to Friday unless there was something special on like a midweek concert or something. Hardly ever! Ds12 has an early football match every Saturday morning so Friday drinking is a big no!
Dh & I would usually drink 1.5/2 bottles of wine between us on a Saturday night with whatever series we are watching.
We go out every couple of months and he might drink maybe 5 pints and I’d have bottles of beer. 5 or 6 maybe. Luckily for my liver we live in the arse end of nowhere so going out is tricky. If we lived in civilisation we’d be out a lot more!

Too much.

I haven't drank alcohol for decades and I'd say the vast majority of the people I know drink no alcohol or very little.

Drinking culture is completely different here in the US than in the UK though.

I drink on a Friday and Saturday evening, provided I’m finished driving for the day, which isn’t always the case as I’m the only driver in our house and DS1(17), while happy to get the bus, often asks for a lift home due to the irregular (crap) bus service. So I will drink one glass of wine, sometimes two, provided I’m in for the night. Often half a glass because I fall asleep🤣 But I enjoy my one or two glasses of wine or gin and tonics and look forward to them. I drink a bit more often if I don’t have to get up next morning, but no more than four nights in a week and that is always a temporary situation. Before I stopped drinking due to pregnancy, I used to drink every evening and would panic a bit if there was no alcohol in the house, so was definitely tipping into dependency. I have never gone back to that level though.

A single gin and tonic on a Monday after the grandchildren have gone ( they're small and are here for 10 hours on Monday. )
Don't drink otherwise.
Was married to an alcoholic. Don't view alcohol in the same way because if it. Avoid drunk people. If someone is getting loud and lairy I take myself away.

I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I'm a size 10, weigh 8st 4lbs, never eaten a McDonalds (lifelong veggie), don't eat chocolate or cake, never smoked or used drugs or gambled.

I have my weaknesses; I probably drink more tea than is good for me, buy more books than I can afford to and have a love for nice clothing. I also spend a lot of money on my pets.

I won't comment on whether I think you have a drink problem, but you do seem to be very defensive about your drinking and are extremely judgemental of those of us who don't drink, so you might want to give some thought to the reasons for that.

edited for clarity.

I log my alcohol-free days. I ensure that I keep at least 5 days per week alcohol-free, I'll usually drink Fridays and Saturdays and will have some cocktails/G&T's/wine etc out. I could never drink mid-week like I did in my twenties, I would be soooo unproductive and would struggle to get out of bed!

Having said that, I definitely drink more than the weekly recommended units on the two days I drink alcohol. I'm partial to a bit of day-drinking on holiday, have a penchant for bottomless brunches and occasionally have a cheeky wine when I'm cooking. That probably officially makes me a binge drinker, although I am generally very healthy. I think the guidelines are a little too stringent in their definition of binge-drinking.

Tee total.

Went from occasional binge drinker in my 20s to gradually becoming an indoor wine drinker as a parent in my 30s…which crept up to full blown alcoholism at 40. I could put away 2-3 bottles of wine a night.

Quit neariy 6 years ago. Best thing I ever did.

I binge drink (2 bottles of wine or 8 bottles of lager) about 4 times a year.

(Halloween party, two summer parties and Christmas).

I can’t be arsed in between those times, unless I am lucky enough to be invited out (or have a friend accept my invitation), but that’ not happened since 2018.

Hate the taste and smell of alcohol, but also hate tea, I drink flat whites or black coffee normally decaf.

I look forward to half a bottle of wine on a Friday night, and very occasionally I have a similar amount of alcohol, not necessarily wine, on another night. Like, I'll have it in the house, but not get around to it for weeks. I never deliberately do dry January or anything like that, but if life gets busy or I get flu or something, I might suddenly realise I haven't had a drink for weeks.
I should probably cut back, more because I go overboard on the salty snacks when I drink than because of worrying about alcohol consumption.

I'm more of a sugar addict, chocolate is my weakness

I have a teen at university and there is definitely way less drinking in some social groups than when I was a student. Their group are more into sports, the gym. Yes they will have a couple of beers watching a match but nothing like the benders of “back in my day”.

Partly more health awareness and also cost! It’s so much more expensive now.

Lots of “pre’s” ie drinking before you go out, if in the groups that are the more clubbing type. Also they are aware about drinks being spiked etc and won’t accept drinks bought by anyone else now, very wise.

I've had a 125ml glass of wine on 2 occasions this month, that's more than normal. We are about to go away for 3 nights, so I may end up having the odd glass of wine. There are definitely months where I don't drink at all.

Maybe a bottle of red at the weekend or maybe not. Sometimes I pour half a glass and don't bother finishing it. Rather gone of wine and I don't like anything else.

and this is why you will never get people to be honest. The unwanted judgement and advice!

Until earlier this year I drank most weeks on a Thursday and Friday. Saturday if we had plans. Other days only if I was out for a social or if I was on holiday. My drinking was slowly getting problematic though, drank way too much pretty much every time I drank and had no ability to moderate. So I stopped completely in February and never been happier. Also never felt better.
I hear what you are saying about a bottle of wine over several hours not seeming like nuch and you're not getting drunk - but actually that amount of alcohol will be having a significant impact on your health (including your sleep quality) - you just might not be seeing the results yet. Only you can decide if the perceived benefits you get from drinking are worth the inevitable damage you are doing. Hightly recommend the Huberman Lab podcast, episode 88 'What alcohol does to your body, brain and health' - it was a real eye opener to me