Why is drinking in the morning seen as a bad thing?

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I don't drink very much, the odd glass of wine if I have a meal out, a glass or 2 of fizz at weddings, Xmas, and a cocktail or two on holiday. If I fancy a drink on a Friday evening, I have one but it's rare...maybe once every couple of months, and I rarely finish a bottle so often end up using it in a jus or casserole. BUT, sometimes I'll just think ooh, a glass of whatever would be nice (in the same way as I think ooh a bit of cake would be nice) and then realise it's 10am. I don't have one as uts the morning and its no big deal, but its just made me think why isnt it socially ok to have the odd one then. (Obvs if its part of a regular/heavy drinking pattern thats different). People smoke early which has a similar 'relaxing' mindset, don't know about drugs as don't use them.

Is this a joke? We can't have sex in the morning now?!

@MsKL - we can. It's just that @BubblyBarbara can't.

I can heartily recommend a glass of prosecco with your morning coitus.

Either before or after, but put it down during or you’ll spill it.

In my case booze knocks me out so I only ever drink alcohol in the evening. My 88 year old neighbour however has whisky in her coffee at 10am.

We have much to learn from people older and wiser than us.

I had a Baileys at 8am yesterday.

But in my defence, that is like 6pm on a Friday for someone that works normal hours. I work weekend nights.

I wouldn't drink in the morning, as after only a small breakfast, the booze would go straight to my head and make me tired for a couple of hours.

Because in the evening the baby is in bed and you are more likely to be in control of nothing more lethal than the remote control.

In the morning you have a full day to run amok with car, lawnmower, sewing machine, power tools, etc

The old boys in spoons are usually on it by 08:30am!

@BubblyBarbara

Like morning coitus it shows a lack of restraint for a vice. If you generally live a transgressive lifestyle anyway that’s fine but if virtue is the goal, leave the drinking (and the Other) till a more appropriate time.

I agree, alcohol and lewdness inevitably lead to total moral decline.😇

It is considered normal for people to get up sometime between about 6am-7am, to go out to work until around 5pm, or look after young children all day, which probably includes having to drive a car, then have their evening meal, relax for a bit and then go to bed sometime between 10-11pmish.

Obviously there are literally millions of people for whom this schedule does not apply, but there is a general tendency for people to assume that most people are on something close to this schedule. It's just how our society works.

That's why it's generally not the done thing to drink in the morning. It is assumed that you have responsibilities during the day that require you to be completely sober, and it is assumed that you don't have much responsibility come evening time, and so would find having an alcoholic beverage much more relaxing.

If you have the sort of schedule/life style that means you can enjoy an alcoholic drink in the morning then go for it. It's not inherently bad.

Reminds me of the all inclusive we went on last Feb..DC v bemused the wine and beer taps were wrapped up with cling film-just in case anyone "got confused" &had a pint instead of a cuppa with their brekkie lol..Probs plenty of morning sex too (sorry @BubblyBarbara=meant coitus) shame on tourists and their mucky vices hahaa

@BubblyBarbara

Like morning coitus it shows a lack of restraint for a vice. If you generally live a transgressive lifestyle anyway that’s fine but if virtue is the goal, leave the drinking (and the Other) till a more appropriate time.

Transgressing the boundaries of social etiquette, sets you up for the day.

Me and the present Mrs PC can't take the blame for not having any restraint. It's that nasty Mr Johnson, he has imposed lockdown. What else is there to do before our daily commute to the dining room, umm I mean office.

Like some PP many years ago I worked nights , at the end of the shifts a few of us regularly went to the pub ( It had a market licence so would open at 2am ) it severed the best food , fish and chips and a few pints at 4am was great .
But now I work days so my drinking is done in the evening , though when the pubs were open I would have a pint sometimes while out shopping on a saturday afternoon.

@BubblyBarbara I’m absolutely frothing at the mouth for you to please come back and explain why morning sex is unvirtuous! Pretty pretty please?!

"This morning I saw rum and raisin hot cross buns in Waitrose. You might have them for breakfast. What’s the world coming to I thought!"
Nope, I like my hot cross buns traditional but same principle I guess. As to the pp who said it might be because I have withdrawal symptoms, I can assure them that's not the case - as per the original post. I don't actually have a drink, more it's a ooh, fancy a drink/cake/etc type of thing.

Also, in one of the few places where it seems ok to drink early like the airport it still feels not ok so

I think because you shouldn't drive or go to work or look after kids when you've had a drink, then you're just sat in the house drinking and it could easily lead you down a path to a bad drinking habit.
Having a drink in the evening once youre settled for the night is less likely to do that because you relax and feel ready for bed so drink less and you aren't sacrificing any part of your life for it.

Is a champagne breakfast not a thing then?

If my neighbour had a cold she always has a whiskey in her coffee first thing, and if I ever said I had a cold she'd say 'Minnie, get the whiskey out!'' shes a retired head teacher and very posh. I love her.

The old boys in spoons are usually on it by 08:30am!

In Scotland you can't buy alcohol in a shop before 10am (or after 10pm) for this reason I think - to limit early morning drinking crowds. (Or that's what I've always assumed)

@BubblyBarbara

Like morning coitus it shows a lack of restraint for a vice. If you generally live a transgressive lifestyle anyway that’s fine but if virtue is the goal, leave the drinking (and the Other) till a more appropriate time.

You’re so nuts 😂

The only time I have a morning drink is xmas when presents are opened with a glass of bucks fizz. Agree the main reason not to is for the significant minority of people who can't stop drinking once they start and most people usually having jobs to go to

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Um, what?

I thought BubblyBarbara was the thread winner but not so sure now.

OP, you’ve got me fancying a vodka tonic now.

@BubblyBarbara

Like morning coitus it shows a lack of restraint for a vice. If you generally live a transgressive lifestyle anyway that’s fine but if virtue is the goal, leave the drinking (and the Other) till a more appropriate time.

Sex is The Other? WTF is this?

We're not nuns. There is nothing wrong with morning sex. On the contrary, I think personally.

My grandma used to put a teaspoon of gin in my tea for menstrual cramps when I was 12/13, no matter what time of day it was. I haven't grown up into a raging alcoholic and these days, 2 paracetamol works better and I prefer my gin (more than a teaspoonful) with tonic in the evening.

There's a big difference between fancying a drink and actually needing a drink in the morning.

Right, time for some morning coitus before home schooling and day drinking. 😉😉😉