Is a large glass of wine every night too much?

[cordelia28]

A regular argument in our house,
Is it?

It's impossible to say really. It will be too much for some people but not enough for others, as some people can process alcohol better than others.
I would also like to point out that alcohol affects organs other than the liver. eg, the brain. Alcohol related dementia is not uncommon.
Why not reduce the size of the glass, say by 50 mls /night, that is 350 mls over a week.
I am in the same position as earwicga, I have been teetotal for 7 weeks, and already feel much better for it.
Incidentally, [I may have got the wrong impression here] but if your husband is binge drinking every weekend he is putting his own health at risk and needs to consider his own intake.

Yes, Expat and then you have people like my father, who is 84 soon, smoked from he was 13 till he was 67, drank cognac every evening for many years, never said no to a glass of wine, indulged in copious amounts of fatty foods, drove his car everywhere, and got a stroke nearly 10 years ago and have spent this time paralysed in a wheelchair and bitter....

OP, if it is causing arguments, it is definitely too much. Is wine really necessary every day? How about a cup of tea?

I try to stick to 2-3 evenings with red wine per week. Apparently some wine help against alzheimers.....

Depends, can you skip it for a few nights or not? The amount is really as relevant as the dependency factor.

Yep - probably is too much.

I have a Dr friend who gives very sound/non hysterical advice. He once told me that your body will pretty much forgive you anything you to do it up until the age of 35 and then you start paying the price.

he also said that you should have 3 days a week where you drink no alcohol - and make sure that two of those days are consecutive.

I think it's too much sorry. I keep hearing about the dangers of 'middle class drinking' ie wine at home in the evening, it can really add up.

Easy for me to say though, as I don't drink - not because I'm virtuous, I'm just fussy and don't like it. I'd much rather get my empty calories from chocolate :o

Agree with morloth, if you need to have it everynight then it is a problem.

If you have to drink every day, then I would say it is a problem. Ideally everyone should have breaks from drinking.

I now have 4 days off a week as I was drinking at least 2 glasses on weekdays and more on Friday and Saturdays.

I have a yearly liver function test as part of yearly tests I have and it's always been fine but I was worried I was in such a bad habit of children in bed, reach for the wine.

I don't miss it in the week and I look forward to my wine on a Friday night!

I drink about the same but I have 2 nights off a week for exercise classes.

It hits 5pm, the kids are sitting down to dinner and I have a large glass of wine. I NEED that glass of wine, it's my wind down at the end of the day. I then do bath and bedtime and maybe have another small glass with my dinner.

I have wondered sometimes if it's too much but if I have to drive or if the kids are not well, I don't have anything.

If your arguing about it, then prove to your dp that it's not a problem by stopping for a while. Once you've done a week without, see if you can maybe only drink a couple of times a week.

I don't think it's worth arguing over but I understand it's nice to have a glass of wine and helps you to unwind.

I agree with others that it may be too much. Try going 2 nights without and see how you feel - if you feel stressed out without it, and that you can't cope, start looking into why.

If you're drinking the equivalent of half a bottle of wine a day, yes, it's too much. I say that with sorrow, as I love my wine. But a half bottle may be as many as four or five units, if it's an Australian red.

What we did was find some very small wine glasses (they take some finding these days). We measured out a unit from our favourite wine (using the information on the bottle--some wines have far more units in a bottle than others) on one of the glasses and took note of where it was (then wiped the line off, we're not entirely weird).

If we drink Monday-Thursday we know we're not having more than a unit or two. For me, Mondays to Wednesdays are, however, usually drink-free.

no.

Probably too much. Agree with those who say why not nominate a couple of nights a week off?

Or else only drink at the weekend and on week nights if it is a special occasion (birthday, promotion, guests round, out for dinner).

I'm no medical expert but isn't it better to have one large glass a week than none all week then loads at the weekend?

It is englands, but on the other hand, it's not an option of either drinking a large glass/half a bottle every night of the week, or being teetotal during the week and then getting absolutely wasted every weekend.

A large glass to half a bottle every night is, IMO, too much.

Depends if you NEED it. I was told by 'someone with experience' that you can be an aolcoholic on one glass of wine or whatever, if you feel you have to have it to get through the evening or whathaveyou.

I think it is too much unfortuantely. You need to give your body a break from alcohol every so often - I agree with those who say nominate a couple of nights a week off and find something else to unwind with on those evenings.

I love a glass of wine or three every night...so I reign it in every so often and make a specific effort not to drink.

That said, I'm pretty slim and healthy.

The Mother of DD's friend is however dying of cancer at the moment. She has never drunk alcohol or smoked. Doesn't seem fair at all.

Meant to say that yes, I think it is too much. I've always seen alcohol as a nice treat on a weekend or 'special' etc. DH used to drink over half a bottle, sometimes a bottle a night. He is very tall etc and it never affected him in terms of being drunk, but he agreed it wasnt healthy and now just has some at weekends. Ditto friends I lived with, she would sit with a bottle of white wine next to her glass on the sofa, and he a bottle of red. Just for watching TV, I've always seens alcohol as for socialising, I'd rather have squash or whatever if just watching TV, far more refreshing.

A 'large' glass of wine can equate to half a bottle. Given that a bottle of wine nowadays is around 11 units, then yes, it's probably too much.

Very, very easy though to reach the current guideline of 14 units!

Am currently trying to ditch the wine habit during the week as my blood pressure bit high.

If you were to stick to Government guidelines (and I am aware that they err very much on the side of caution and were plucked out of thin air) then two bottles of wine per week would be too much. A sobering thought.

I recently heard a liver specialist on Radio 4 saying you really should drink no alcohol at all on at least two consecutive days every seven days.

If you have trouble doing that then imvho (with lots of experience) you have a problem with alcohol, even if you aren't actually dependent.

If I wasn't pregnant I'd be drinking more than that!

Why is it 21 for a man and 14 for a woman? I'm bigger than my husband, should we swap?