AIBU to think alcohol is not worth the three-day hangovers?

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SacrutiMonkey · 08/06/2026 19:06

Does anyone else suffer from these? I read the other day about Steve Bartlett having said that drinking 3 glasses of wine ruined 3 days for him, and being roundly mocked, but that is what I'm like now- DH and I shared most of a bottle of wine on Saturday (think DS also had a glass) and I still feel slightly rotten now.

I used to be able to drink For England. Is this a perimenopause thing? AIBU to think it's not worth it.

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anon2022anon · 08/06/2026 19:13

I would switch to drinking something else if you felt that bad after that much. A bottle is probably 5? Medium glasses. So 2 each for you and DH, it's probably something in the wine that doesn't agree with you- I think it's sulphites, but I'm not sure. I don't drink wine because of the same.

But for me, drinking has to be worth the hangover normally. So I won't just randomly have a glass of something after work, but I'll happily have 3 pints at book club, or go to a bottomless brunch and drink numerous cocktails before going dancing with friends. Pretty much the only time I drink at home is to share a bottle of sparkling wine/ prosecco to make bucks fizz with with DH on a random Saturday afternoon. It takes us most of the day, we're done and back on the tea by dinner, and normally no hangover.

Ablondiebutagoody · 08/06/2026 19:10

Bartlett is talking rubbish for views

Gwenhwyfar · 08/06/2026 19:09

Steve Bartlett is a workaholic. Ruined for him might just mean not able to work his normal 15 hour days or something. He seems too young to be really affected like that unless he drinks so irregularly that he has a very low tolerance. Or he has some genetic lack of tolerance.

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