To drink almost a bottle of wine everynight

[Mum21beauty]

I am not reliant on it . I just enjoy it every night though ...

You are reliant on it. I thought I wasn't because I could happily stay off the wine during the week but would easily drink a bottle or a bottle and a half on both Friday and Saturday nights. It took me a long time to wake up to the fact that I had an unhealthy relationship with alcohol. And I didn't think I had a problem with my mental health, until I realised how much better I felt in myself when I was off the alcohol.

Using alcohol to relieve day today stress is really not a good idea. If you are using it to take the edge off then you have a problem. You say almost a full bottle every night so say 6 bottles a week. That is a drink problem.

How do you feel about the fact you’re drinking four or five times as much as the recommended limit?

You have a problem OP. Anyone drinking to take the edge off or because of stress has a problem. You also have an 18m old. What the fuck are you doing?

That amount must be taking a serious toll on your health OP. If you don’t need it why not cut back to half a bottle, with a couple of nights a week which are booze free? See how much better you feel for that!

I could go days or nights without it

Ok, you keep saying this. But when's the last time you did go days or nights without it.

You are writing like someone who has early stage alcoholism. Denying it's an issue but needing it to take the "stresses away" so drinking to excess every single night.

@Mum21beauty

I'm not reliant on it because if I was i would want it in the day and morning but I don't. It just relaxes me and takes my stresses away ! I do t actually know why to be honest . I have a full time job . An 18 month old baby and a hubby.. I guess I just love the vino ! I have actually lost 2 stone in the last 6 months so hoping it's the wine diet. 😂😂

2 stone lost in 6 months with drinking a bottle of wine every night? Really?

Psst, you ARE reliant on it. And if you work full time I hope you aren't driving to work the next morning after necking a full bottle of wine!

Also that would be nearly £300 a month on wine 😳 That's more than most people's food budget.

1 bottle soon becomes - oh I'll just open a second, becomes 2 bottles a night.

You feel shit the next day with anxiety and tiredness, and guess what takes the edge off again - more wine.

Rinse and repeat until you're grumpy with your toddler, you are failing at work, you are angry with your husband, you are stressed with life... guess what will take the edge off?

But clearly not you OP eh?

Where do you the 300 from?

Fiver a bottle, seven nights a week. Thirty five pounds, times four. Is 140 quid.

And it's her money. If she can afford it then the cost really isn't the issue.

Yes, you are reliant on alcohol, it is a habit you have developed.

And your. Child is only 18 months old, so still likely to wake during the night?

Out of interest OP, how do you feel the next morning?

What were you hoping to get out of this post op?

@disquieted1
It’ll be even shorter drinking that amount every day!

I started where you are about 19 months ago...after 3 months of not drinking ...it started off at just one a night then it crept to 2 bottles a night...now im not going to even admit to what I have recently gone up to......I've only just realised I'm probably a functioning alcoholic, but only just realised as " i didn't need it during the day ...just the evenings ..alcoholics drink all day" .....i am kidding myself my mental health is fucked ,my weight has crept up and I'm skint ....all for what?....I was shaking and sweating Monday morning...I couldn't even string a sentence together and I've become embarrassing
My DP is very understanding and I get the feeling that by me keeping on doing it , I'll lose him too
2nd night sober and I hope to continue
Dont kid yourself....you're already heading down that road. You don't know it yet but you will if you continue...
I was you

I'm not reliant on it because if I was i would want it in the day and morning but I don't

Text book

It's a huge amount of alcohol, bad for your health and must be costing a fortune that could be saved for your child's future etc.

I'd not want a partner that felt the need to drink every night much less almost a bottle. What does your DH think? Presumably he isn't doing the same as there is a young child in the house.

I would consider you an alcoholic op.
Why did you post on here? What you were hoping to hear?

five I'll join you with the partaking of a but I will say (in case it helps anyone) that I used to drink like that. Jason vale kick the drink easily was a turning point in my life and I'm a happy non drinker these days. A bottle of wine per night is disgusting. I'm so glad I'm free.

Be prepared for strangers on the internet to tell you you're an alcoholic op 😂

Another one of those posts where you already know the answer. If it was a fine and normal thing to do then you wouldn't need to post about it.

The preachy tone on here isn’t going to help you. I guess you’re not stupid and can read and watch tv and see the problems alcohol can cause.

However if and when you’re ready to face up to it and get some help there is plenty out there. Lots of books, threads on here etc. There’s no shame in what has happened to you or me OP. Society and social events are laden with this addictive substance which people encourage others to Chuck down their necks but then those same people turn judgemental and see it as a character flaw when they become addicted.

What happens if your child takes ill during the night? ... A bottle EVERY night it far too much for a mother of an 18 month old IMO or anyone for that matter

I would

Out of interest OP, how do you feel the next morning?

I’m betting there is no hangover which Is definately a bad sign.

www.drinkaware.co.uk/selfassessment

www.nhs.uk/conditions/alcohol-misuse/