How much do you drink? Honestly!

I dont drink anymore and one of my biggest regrets in life is thinking dtinking most days was normal for 20 years. I had a yearly skin condition, ibs, fatigue, over weight, perpetual anxiety. None of this since I gave up. Wish we didnt live in a drinking culture.

Usually, one spirit with appropriate mixer on Friday (sometimes not if im too tired), two on a Saturday night and sometimes one on a Sunday.

Occasionally, I'll really fancy wine and drink the bottle over the course of the weekend.

also op and I’m not saying this is true of you, but I used to start threads like this when I was quietly concerned about my alcohol intake and wanted some reassurance that I wasn’t on my own and other people liked to drink as much as I used to.

I haven’t had any alcohol since Saturday.

last Saturday I drank about

2.5 - 3. glasses of white wine
1.5 G&T
A little ice wine

I will probably have about 2-3 GT tomorrow but won’t drink Saturday or Sunday.

I don’t drink at all- gave up almost 2 years ago. Feel so much better for it

I don’t drink at all, haven’t for years. I used to in my twenties and then had a fairly significant accident with multiple surgeries, medications that weren’t compatible with alcohol and just never went back.
All of my friends and family drink but I’ve never felt pressured to drink with them, I think they’re just happy for me to be willing to drive!

A bottle of vodka a day.
When it’s the weekend I might have a couple of bottles of wine as well.
I pour baileys on my cornflakes, and my water bottle contains pure gin.
I only eat liquor chocolates, and regularly top up my coffee with brandy.
I just bloody love alcohol! 🍷

I used to be a bottle of wine at least five times a week person.
Way too much.
I cut right down a few months ago and now rarely have any, except for saturday night. I didn’t think I’d be able to reduce, thought I’d be an abstaining person, but turns out I can enjoy a once a week drink!

Half a bottle of wine, 2-5 evenings a week, depending on my work rota. Sometimes have a pint of cider when having a pub lunch -maybe 2 times a month, occasionally 2-3 times a week eg if on holiday, as well as half bottle of wine on the evening
Advent to New-year's Day- can increase to 1-2 dry sherry, half bottle of red wine, half bottle of cremant or champagne, 2-5 days a week.
Far too much but also kid myself that easily stopping at eg Stoptober or No-vember plus 40 days abstinence during Lent mean I'm not dependent.

Almost nothing. I might drink very occasionally at an event. But we’re talking a couple of times a year at most

I haven't drank for nearly 20 years I think. But I used to drink a lot and go out clubbing and on the pull. I grew out of it and just think Ive had my share, of everything 😅

Also, 'birds of a feather flock together' everyone you know drinks because you drink. I don't really know anyone who drinks.

A big bottle of baileys spread between christmas eve and new years day.
Other than that, i dont drink at all.

I don't drink at home. I only drink if out for a meal or at an ocassion. I drink when on holiday, a 3pm beer beside the pool is essential.

Normal week probably 1 glass of wine if that.
But birthday or Christmas, maybe a bottle a week ?
I used to drink a lot more, don’t really enjoy it as much as get headaches and gain weight quickly now if I do drink

I'll go months drinking no alcohol but do enjoy the odd beer on holiday or a cocktail. I can take or leave alcohol BUT I was raised by alcoholic parents & my work means I regularly see people with alcohol related brain injury so I think this puts me off.

I don't really drink at all tbh. I did have a few when away for the weekend (i.e. a cocktail each evening) but only one. I'm honestly not bothered by it. I don't think it helps me 'unwind' at all.

As a non drinker I definitely feel like an outlier both in real life and on mn.

I think there is still a lot of negative judgement about non-drinkers. You see it on here all the time, making jokes about people having a thimbleful of sherry etc. And I’ve lost count of the number of times my mother (a lifelong teetotaller) has been judged in real life for “not joining in” with the wine being passed around.

I often go 3-6 months at a time without a drink, then a few glasses of wine on a social occasion. Teenagers, young adult children and ageing parents often makes it easier to be able to drive.

Like a few people on this thread, I don't drink Mon - Thurs, but usually have 3 drinks per evening on Fri/Sat/Sun nights. Generally a G&T, then a couple of glasses of wine.

Luckily I'm happy with a pretty weak G&T, and a white wine spritzer rather than undiluted, which helps keep alcohol units down.

That said I know I'm dependent on alcohol because if I contemplate the idea of not drinking this (or any) weekend, I feel like I'd be missing out and wouldn't enjoy the weekend as much. I should probably try to give up alcohol for a month or something and see how I feel, but it's hard to muster the willpower.

I just have a couple over Christmas and New Year. Nothing heavy as I hate feeling drunk.

I've been teetotal for over 3 years now. I only have one other friend who is officially teetotal. Everyone else I know in close quarters (so friends and family) range from minimal or moderate drinkers to daily drinkers.

My dad (widowed and in his 70's) pops to his local for a pint every night which seems pretty innocuous but isn't great for his health whereas DP has lost an aunt and uncle to alcohol related illness in the 20 years we've been together.

Prior to being teetotal I realised I was a heavy / problem drinker (some weeks were a bottle of wine a night but then I would have a "few weeks off" so of course I didn't have a problem as I could go cold turkey) I actually dread to think where I'd be now if I hadn't decided to stop drinking.

DP isn't a huge drinker.

I have a friend i'm quite concerned about as her drinking reminds me of my own. I also suspect my BIL and Sis are incredibly problematic drinkers but they both work FT, have 3 kids and manage all their demands so they would never consider their drinking habits to be an issue.

I try not to judge though. Been there and realised I can only make choices for myself and my own children.

D'you mean the "things I don't do" thread? It stands to reason that you'd notice people there saying they don't drink. But did you see how many don't iron? Or don't change the sheets every week? Or aren't on social media? People can say anything. A lot of people say they're vegan, but then admit to "cheating" by having a bacon buttie. I'd like to bet that half the ones on that thread don't drink much, but are not teetotal.

As a non drinker I definitely feel like an outlier both in real life and on mn.

I try to limit myself but half a bottle of wine and about 3-4 beers around three nights a week.

I don't drink Monday-Thursday, on a Friday and Saturday night, I'll have a glass of wine. Occasionally if we go out for lunch on a Saturday, I might have a glass of wine then too. I'm not a big drinker, never have been. I can go months sometimes without alcohol and it doesn't bother me.