How much do you drink, honestly

[Cluelessat33]

As a child from an alcoholic home, I've always been a bit aware of this and my own drinking. But I think it's really easy to be qushonest with yourself. When I lived with my ex and during lockdown, I'd probably have a bottle of beer most nights. I cut that a few years ago because living on your own I think its a slippery slope. I generally don't drink during the week. If I'm at home on a weekend I may have 3 or 4 at most over the course of a weekend. If I'm with friends or family I probably hit the recommended weekly unit limit. I enjoy the taste of it but rarely drink to get drunk. But of course it us something probably more aware of than others.

Among my friends I generally have two extremes. Some people who drink most nights and some who rarely have a drink at all. So what is normal?

I don’t think it’s your teetotal lifestyle that’s triggering, it’s your ridiculous reference to class a carcinogen. So is ham and salami? Just an unnecessary preachy thing to say.

Less than I used to but probably more than I should. I'm a 0-60 binge drinker. Nothing during the week, maybe a couple of glasses of wine or rum and diet cokes on a Friday.

But once every 4-6 weeks I'll be out with friends and I can easily down up to 10 double rum and cokes plus shots and then a few baileys before bed. I do have an off button and once I hit my limit I stop, but I also have pretty high tolerance.

I tell myself that because I don't drink during the week and the blowouts are infrequent I'm probably OK, but realistically I'm probably not.

I haven't drunk for 20 years. It became a problem with the period leading up to the end of my marriage and the aftermath.

I drank as a solution on an evening to "fix" myself. A set of circumstances led to me stopping the stress binge drinking. I'm lucky I got off when I did

Too many people drink too much. It's socially acceptable to drink dysfunctionally.

There are 8 million people in this country with some form of alcohol dependency. The majority don't realise it or want to

I am very lucky as I have no issue with drink. Maybe one glass of wine twice a month. I buy those one glass bottles and enjoy it at home as I rarely go to pubs. I just hate pub environments after living with an alcoholic when I was much younger.

I rarely drink, probably less than a bottle a year? If I do have a wine it’s a spritzer with lots of soda water or sparkling water. I did have a canned g&t last week but only because it’s been in the fridge since Christmas when DD was here.
On the rare occasion DH opens a bottle of wine most of it gets poured down the sink or sometimes some used in a casserole.
Virtually teetotal I gues 🤷🏼‍♀️

Not in the slightest 🙄
I just have a very low tolerance for alcohol and I hate the swimmy head feeling I get if I have more than a very small amount well diluted as a spritzer.

Up to 2 drinks once of twice a week, not Mon-Fri, not in lent and not in October. More on holiday and at Christmas.

Not much here. I go for weeks without drinking but will occasionally buy a bottle of wine or a couple of beers to have at home if I fancy it. Occasionally go out for a few drinks with friends and have maybe 3 pints or share a bottle of wine - that's about twice a month at most. I've just naturally cut down as I've got older, it wasn't a conscious decision.

Depends on how much I am socialising. If staying in, probably a glass or two of wine 2-3 times a week. Some weeks none. If socialising, probably a bottle of wine during the night. Can’t do this more than once a week any more though - can’t handle it.

The world health organisation says this-guess they're super pious!:

The risks and harms associated with drinking alcohol have been systematically evaluated over the years and are well documented. The World Health Organization has now published a statement in The Lancet Public Health: when it comes to alcohol consumption, there is no safe amount that does not affect health.
It is the alcohol that causes harm, not the beverage. Alcohol is a toxic, psychoactive, and dependence-producing substance and has been classified as a Group 1 carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer decades ago – this is the highest risk group, which also includes asbestos, radiation and tobacco. Alcohol causes at least seven types of cancer, including the most common cancer types, such as bowel cancer and female breast cancer. Ethanol (alcohol) causes cancer through biological mechanisms as the compound breaks down in the body, which means that any beverage containing alcohol, regardless of its price and quality, poses a risk of developing cancer.
The risk of developing cancer increases substantially the more alcohol is consumed. However, latest available data indicate that half of all alcohol-attributable cancers in the WHO European Region are caused by “light” and “moderate” alcohol consumption – less than 1.5 litres of wine or less than 3.5 litres of beer or less than 450 millilitres of spirits per week. This drinking pattern is responsible for the majority of alcohol-attributable breast cancers in women, with the highest burden observed in countries of the European Union (EU). In the EU, cancer is the leading cause of death – with a steadily increasing incidence rate – and the majority of all alcohol-attributable deaths are due to different types of cancers.

If it pious to point out it causes cancer then I'll happily be pious!

Not pious

but hell yes I’m a bit smug when I read about the shit show of hangovers i read about occasionally on mumsnet!

Well we could get hit by a bus or a bomb tomorrow so there's a happy medium and for those who like a glass of wine go for it and enjoy it, and for those who don't good for you too