To ask how much and how often you drink alcohol?

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I'm trying to cut back on alcohol for all the usual reasons: to cut back on calories, health benefits, save money...

Just as a barometer for the "norm" (and sheer curiosity) how often and how much alcohol do you drink?

I usually go out every saturday with dh and friends and will drink about 5/6 Gin and tonics and a glass of wine. The last few weeks I have also had a bottle of wine on a friday evening but I've decided to cut that out for a while.

Last week I drank 1 glass of wine and half a lager. This week I've had a pint of beer. I don't normally drink though as I'm breastfeeding so this is a heavy couple of weeks! But typical of my pre-pregnancy drinking

I'm exactly the same Jenny

I drink on 4 or 5 nights a week usually. Generally 3 or 4 medium glasses of wine each time, but often more on the weekend. I reckon I drink about 3 or 4 bottles each week on average.

I sometimes think I should drink less, but a) wine is lovely, b) my willpower is awful, c) I don't have children at home so don't have to be responsible for any one else, d) I'm in my 60's and healthy (yes, I do have regular liver function tests), and frankly i don't care any more!

One or two glasses of wine, with dinner, pretty much every night, for 3 weeks out of 4.

Nothing at all the 4th week of the month, because when I menstruate alcohol increases the likelihood of migraines.

Usually half a bottle of wine or one pint of beer every Friday and Saturday.

I think Op that most people that answer will be in the moderate to low end of drinkers. I took part in dry jan this year and the thread on here revealed that there are lots of heavy drinkers among normal, good mums. I was quite surprised but we all managed to stay damp if not dry through January.
Personally I'm dry Mon to thurs. On Friday, Sat and Sun I usually have 1-3 drinks, sometimes a bottle of lager (that says 1.7 units or less on it ), other days 3 glasses of wine (medium sized i think) I've started to choose lower alcohol wines too so i try to steer away from 13% these days as I enjoy the lower ones just as much.

Since doing dry jan I've also had alcohol free weekend nights quite often and the world didn't stop turning and I woke up feeling great so I do it more often now.

Hahahha im the outside the norm on this

Tonight I've had 2 double jack and diets.
Because I've run out of wine

We usually share a bottle of red per evening, plus 1-2 beers for him and something else for me. Plus a nightcap of brandy or whisky or amaretto or similar

Weekends, who fucking knows.

We're both well overweight, and have no financial reason to cut back. Health wise our liver function tests are perfect, but my skin and bowel function improves vastly if I don't drink. However, work is shit for both of us, and if I'm working that hard j. That shit conditions, if I want a drink in having it

Most nights one or two whiskeys with fruit juice. Normally after getting back from the gym. Really cut down on eating pudding / chocolate, so this is my treat instead.

Pre children 4 or 5 drinks every night!! Don't think I could handle more than 4 drinks now!!
A lot of people might think this is excessive, yet I think eating junk food and being overweight is more of a health concern.

Sunday-Thursday nothing as I work in a school and am very conscious about keeping a clear head/smelling of g&t at 7am.

This weekend was an odd one as I drank every night; Friday I popped to the neighbours who opened a bottle of wine, then another. Saturday we went to a bbq with friends and I polished off a bottle of prosecco and two fruit cider things. For me that's a lot of alcohol for one weekend; generally I'd have a glass of wine on each night and then fall asleep by 9pm.

Saturday night 8 cans of st Etienne. Last night 12 cans and 2 litre's of cider. Kinda scary reading that back...

I very rarely drink - occasionally when I'm out with friends, maybe 4 times last year? Mostly because I come from a family who never drink at home & only rarely on special occasions - for example we've never drunk alcohol at Christmas. It wasn't until I joined MN that I realised how bizarre most people find this!

Back when I was an enabling my alcoholic husband 3-5 nights a week, now he's sober I drink about once month or less. Depends.

I drink a few times a year nowadays
I spent half of 2014 pregnant, and most of 2015 breastfeeding or expressing. And now I'm spending almost all of 2016 pregnant and more than likely will spend 2017 breastfeeding...... I usually have a few drinks on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, my birthday and on the rare occasion I go am dragged by my grandma to church I sample the communion wine.....best part of a catholic service
I'm not one who would sit and have a glass of wine on a normal evening just because - it doesn't really do anything for me. DH is completely teetotal, so it's not like we would sit and share a bottle either.

Nothing at all presently as I'm 9 weeks pregnant.
Prior to this I had a bottle of wine/prosecco five nights a week, perhaps a few beers in a Friday too if the mood took me.

I really miss wine, a huge amount

I have a glass or two of low alcohol fizz every night It is very low alcohol though.

Usually have half a glass of red with dinner. Sometimes share a bottle of Prosecco at the weekend. I never binge drink, can't stand feeling drunk or hungover.

I have 2 glasses of wine on a Tuesday (DH has friends round for a hobby and it's my treat for putting up with them for so many years!). Then 2 glasses of wine on Fri and Sat nights.

I tend to visit the pun 3 nights per week or so mostly 3 pints then ... Maybe 10 pints over the week (mostly ale). I hate wine and rarely drink spirits. Will drink maybe two bottles beer at home per week.

Unfortunately I'm a bit of a binge drinker. About once a month I'll have friends round or go out and drink quite a lot - usually spirits. I don't get rat arsed but do have a good time. The rest of the time I don't drink at all!

Too much. Somewhere between 1/2 and a whole bottle of wine a night. 😳

I have about 10 lbs to lose so going low carb and no alcohol from tomorrow. Wish me luck!! 😃

I had a gin and tonic, glass of wine and a double vodka and coke over from Christmas Eve to New Years Day, on separate days, nothing since.

I may have a couple of g&ts on holiday and that will be that for the year.

These threads always contain people saying they're "not a big drinker" and they only have a thimbleful of white wine spritzer at Christmas etc.

The actual normal drinkers dare not comment.

Except they aren't Sukey.