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To ask how often you drink alcohol?

141 replies

Simplecountrygirl · 30/11/2016 18:08

I really fancied a glass of wine this eve (long day!)

I've realised recently that I'm consuming more wine and some weeks I'll have a glass of wine on 5 or 6 out of 7 nights!!

How often do you all drink and how much?

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PinkiePiesCupcakes · 30/11/2016 18:41

I dont at home any more, I've never really been a drinker though to be honest.
I might have a pint or a glass of woine if I'm in a restaurant or pub etc.

Titsywoo · 30/11/2016 18:42

Too much. 4 units a night with maybe 1 or 2 nights off. It's not good.

P1nkP0ppy · 30/11/2016 18:46

Very rarely, probably less than 5 glasses of wine a year.

FlyingElbows · 30/11/2016 18:49

Almost never and on the rare occasions I do it's a spritzer. I have no tolerance for alcohol since I had children.

GreatFuckability · 30/11/2016 18:49

I can count on 2 fingers how often I've drunk this year. My body just cant tolerate it anymore, it flares my ibs up something awful.

Achooblessyou · 30/11/2016 18:50

I'm having a night off tonight and keep thinking about it Shock

Mrsemcgregor · 30/11/2016 18:50

1 or 2 bottles of wine a week, normally concentrated over the weekend. Probably too much.

littleme2016 · 30/11/2016 18:52

Usually just a bottle of wine on Saturday night while watching TV.

paxillin · 30/11/2016 18:53

Last week:
Thursday - none
Friday big night out, lots
Saturday - none
Sunday - none
Monday - none
Tuesday - 1 bottle of beer
Wednesday - 1 glass of wine so far

No real pattern, some week it is most days, some weeks none, some weeks like last.

WhoKnowsWhereTheT1meG0es · 30/11/2016 18:53

Hardly ever, especially not at home. Probably one or two glasses a month averaged over a year.

user1471545174 · 30/11/2016 18:55

Twice a week, occasionally three times - I have a couple of glasses each time. Any more and my heart races (as one PP mentioned) and I feel paranoid.

Shesinfashion · 30/11/2016 18:56

A bottle of Baileys over Friday and the weekend.

Violetcharlotte · 30/11/2016 18:57

Normally a couple of glasses of wine Friday and Saturday nights. If I go out, which is maybe once or twice a month, I'll probably have a bottle of wine.

Simplecountrygirl · 30/11/2016 18:59

Oh god, I'm starting to feel like an alcoholic from these responses Blush

Most people I know IRL have a glass of wine at night, I think that's why I've started drinking more frequently Blush

I'm going to ensure I have 3 nights a week at least off.

I used to only drink on a Fri/ Sat night (though binge drinked) it's only recently it's become more frequent. Trouble is my DP normally has a whiskey or a beer of an evening and it's hard to not drink when he is!

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TheKitchenWitch · 30/11/2016 18:59

A small glass every evening, usually while I'm cooking dinner. Friday or Saturday it'll be that plus another one later too. I get through about a bottle a week. I only drink really nice wine though - I'd rather not have anything than something I don't like.
Won't be more over Christmas, and i usually drive when going out thanks to living in the arse end of nowhere so rarely drink a lot in one go.
DH doesn't drink at all.

Agiraffeisnotacat · 30/11/2016 19:00

Usually once but sometimes twice a week but I have a bottle of wine on those occasions. Or if in the pub it would be about 4 pints.

sotiredbutworthit · 30/11/2016 19:01

My toddler is playing up and my newborn has colic so... Every. Damn. Night!!

secrethideaway · 30/11/2016 19:02

In the lead up to Christmas, a very large Bailey's every night to quieten my high anxiety levels, so about one bottle per fortnight. Before that a bottle of red wine per week. Planning to go teetotal for January by not having any in the house

MouseholeCat · 30/11/2016 19:05

2 beers on a Friday, maybe 2 on a Saturday too if we're feeling flashy.

About once a month we'll go to a party or have a meal out and I'll drink two thirds of a bottle of wine. It makes me feel really sick though so I consciously stop myself.

Christmas will be completely different- I'll probably end up drinking every day from about 18th through to 27th.

MischiefManagedAlways · 30/11/2016 19:06

Very rare for me to drink, perhaps the odd cider every few months.
But then my DP drinks too an excess and my dad is also a big drinker.

justme12345 · 30/11/2016 19:11

I know people will say it's too much. But I'll have a drink every day. Sometimes just one, more often than not a few. Sometimes quite a few (depends what's happening).
It may be a few double measures of a spirit and mixer, or a bottle of wine. Or occasionally a couple of bottles of fruity cider. It depends what I feel like.
I don't get drunk, and I admit my tolerance is quite high. I know how much I can drink and still be perfectly fine with. And I would never have too much that I can not look after my son.

maggiethemagpie · 30/11/2016 19:17

2-3 times a month. Chocolate/junk food is my crutch.

KayTee87 · 30/11/2016 19:18

That is quite a lot to be honest. I've only drank alcohol twice in the past year ... but I have a 4 month old baby. Prior to being pregnant I would maybe drink 3 or 4 times a month.

The80sweregreat · 30/11/2016 19:27

Depends, usually start of the month more during the week than the end ( tend not to buy it when counting the days to payday! )
Have a few glasses of red on a sat night watching tv usually.

Rarely go out to drink anymore. (If we do, i tend to drive so cant. )

Will do dry jan again next year.
Will prob drink more christmas though. Have a excuse!

PlymouthMaid1 · 30/11/2016 19:35

Only a couple of times a week.. A glass of red with dinner maybe or a sloe gin on a cold night. I have loads of different drink in house but tend to use it more for cooking.