Is a large glass of wine every night too much?

[cordelia28]

A regular argument in our house,
Is it?

[frazzled74]

I can get 5 glasses out of a bottle of wine.Are my glasses abnormaly small?

[anonymosity]

They are normal sized glasses.

[Abr1de]

It will raise your blood pressure and make you more susceptible to various cancers. One of the groups that doctors are most concerned about is that of middle-aged, middle-class women.

Alcohol only protects you from various ailments in moderation. If you are drinking more than 250ml of wine a night every night and more at the weekends that isn't moderation.

And you are probably spending quite a lot of money on it.

[NinkyNonker]

Not everyone either drinks a glass a night or binges at the weekend. Most probably don't drink during the week and then have a couple of glasses or whatever at the weekend surely? It isn't one or the other,you have a choice.

[winnybella]

Normal sized glasses are 125 ml- since I don't fill them to the very top, I get 7 oout of a bottle.

[Abr1de]

I do the same--use 125 ml.

But you seldom see people using these size glasses. Lots of my friends have glasses that are more like 250 ml. It's really easy to drink a lot more than you think you are if you use bigger glasses. But they are ubiquitous. When we wanted to buy new glasses this year we had a bit of struggle to find the 125 mls.

[winnybella]

True,we're in France, they are standard here, but whenever we go to England, people and restaurants serve wine in larger glasses.

Easier to control your unit intake in smaller ones- one is around 1.5 or 2 units, depending on the strength of the wine.

[Abr1de]

I think we ended up getting French glasses!

[2rebecca]

Agree with bagged and tagged re the number of units involved.
I prefer to stay between 14 and 21 units a week and prefer to have at least 1 alcohol free evenings a week, means I get more done on an evening.
500ml of wine (ie 2 large glasses) is quite alot, especially for a woman.
If your husband thinks you are drinking too much then I wouldn't dismiss it. Very few people want to live with someone with an alcohol problem and I'll often suggest to my husband we drink less if I get concerned it's mounting up.

[June2009]

I get uneasy when dh has a drink during the week (only very rarely happens). I don't usually drink myself, one glass of wine every 3 months maybe.

I think if it makes your partner uneasy then you have a bit of a problem here. (even if its not a drinking one)

Your op says "a glass of wine every night" then you go on saying that it's not everynight.
I would sugest writing keeping a record for a month (truthful record) and seeing how much / how often you actually drink. Then you know, you can either rectify it or show dh you are well within the "recommended" guideline.

[bibbitybobbitysantahat]

Don't you think its a bit much to get "uneasy" if your dh has a rare drink midweek though, Juney? Isn't that a bit ott? If you have a problem with that then that's your problem, not his, surely.

[Abr1de]

It's probably doing more good than not.

[santasakura]

what I hate about mid-week at-home drinking is that the person you live with isn't really there ; they're not the same person. I can see how that could be irritating for a spouse. If you've planned to have an unwind drink together,for social reasons, it's different

[snowyweather]

Any more than the amount OP would be a problem. So yes, because of this, I would consider cutting back. If both of you are polishing off a bottle a night then that could escalate.

It can not be great for your health either.

[cordelia28]

Yes we do have large glasses So I suppose it's more like 2 glasses and you're right about if my dh isn't happy with it then we need to look at it as we do with any other issues that arise. I had several glasses last night (had people round) but I've decided not to have anything until Christmas eve a good 5 day break - and perhaps cutback midweek in the new year too. Your comments have made me think about dependency I dont want to not be able to relax without it.

I can't relax without it. I rarely gt hammered as I said before but probably be good to try other ways to wind down.