How much to drink on a weeknight

Mildly funny that the driver was the one with the headache. 😆

Well if you've slightly changed the info then i think you might have been out with me!! I can confirm i had a bottle of wine and was totally fine the next morning. I don't have to drive so no issues there. I think in the group of us (7) 5 of us had some alcohol mostly 1 or 2 and me and another women shared 2 bottles of wine. As a general rule me and my wine sharing friend drink much more than the rest of the group both in terms of frequency and amounts

Two pints.

If I were going out to see friends during the week (which doesn't happen often, maybe a few times a year), I would have a few pints of lager without blinking. I wouldn't feel great the next day though!

I’m 50. Nowadays I don’t really like going out on work nights. If I do, I’d rarely have more than one glass of wine. In my early 30s pre-kids I could work the day after drinking a bottle. Those days are long gone!

You're not judging? Well......the first thing I thought is "what a judgy opening post". I guess I was wrong, then

If I was eating I could have 2 glasses of wine. But also very weird you kept track of everyone’s drinks. Who cares, as long as not driving - their decision!

I WFH so tbh the fact I was working wouldn’t impact my decision too much but I wouldn’t drink much mid week, I don’t usually drink mid week at all (but love a drink on the weekend before I sound too pious!), I probably wouldn’t have more than 2 glasses.

Can’t drink anything if I need to be up and functioning early the next day, one glass is enough to mess up my sleep since turning 40!
I also do a lot of driving for work so I never drink the night before if I know I’m driving the next day, it’s not worth it.
Can easily sink half a bottle/a bottle of rose on a Friday night however…

3 glasses or so no problem, wouldn't feel it the next day so long as it was with food. I'm 45.

Nothing, i can’t drink anything these days without feeling like crap for a week afterwards. Easier to stay sober. That said bottle of wine each when they’re supposed to be supervising their kids?

2 glasses of wine if not driving. Anyone drinking a bottle plus and then more is probably very used to drinking that amount. We had friends who certainly did this at weekends and were always drinking in the week. The more they drink, the easier it gets to drink more and function but we do know it’s a problem!

No more than 2 glasses of wine and even then I'd probably regret the 2nd one! I went out with some friends on a weekday evening recently, I drank maybe 2 wines, the rest were still at it when I left. Only 1 was a bit rough the next day & had to go back to bed before work after sorting out her teens (luckily she only works round the corner!)

Zero.But I do enjoy a few gins on a friday and Saturday. I hate to feel crap during the week so I dont bother, gone are the days of having a few glasses of red during the week and feeling great in the morning, i feel shite after drinking now so can't be bothered with it.

Nothing at all now I'm nearly fifty. But when in your age bracket I could definitely have downed a bottle and another vodka or two afterwards.

Time to bed has a bigger impact on me than any alcohol consumption. If in bed by 11pm, I’d be fine. Having said that I wouldn’t drink more than a bottle of wine on a week night out. Don’t drink at all in the week if at home.

If I was going out I would have more than one glass.
I don't really understand your post to be honest, your own story shows you people have a range on a week night surely?

I would have one large glass of wine or three single G&Ts.

I’d have a half a bottle of wine. That is my comfortable amount for feeling fine the next day.

Back in the day, a bottle of wine and some chasers would not be a problem midweek, weekend, didn't matter. I would stop drinking around 9 pm and be up for work at 4 am. Kid off to school - all fine.

Edited to add: this would happen once a month, at most, so not a heavy drinker by definition

I will have a single glass of wine but it will be a struggle at my get up time of 5.45am the next day. Just leaves me much more tired.

I rarely drink in the week and if I do it’s rarely more than one. I can’t really metabolise it anymore and its not worth the sleep disruption.

A bottle of wine plus midweek on a workday seems really excessive to me tbh. If that person is doing this regularly they are probably in dangerous territory.

I don't really understand the point of the thread OP but at least it's good that as a friendship group that you all do your own thing as regards what you drink when you go out together. There often seems to be pressure in friendship groups for everyone to keep up with the heaviest drinkers.

I would assume the 2 friends who drank the bottle of wine, and particularly the one who also had a spirit as well, must be relatively regular fairly heavy drinkers if they could consume that amount and feel no bad effects the next day.

Anything more than 2 glasses of wine, and I feel it the next day. If I had to get up early for kids and work, I’d stick to one plus sparkling water.
I’m late 50s and my tolerance has decreased and I find I need more sleep too, so a late night will also impact me.