To drink three bottles of wine a week?

[foodenvy]

Just that. What do you drink?

Obviously, that's more than double the recommended weekly unit allowance for a woman.

It will have a negative effect on your health in the long-run - the question is, is that something that bothers you enough to the point that it would motivate you to change your short-term behaviour?

www.nhs.uk/news/lifestyle-and-exercise/people-who-drink-above-uk-alcohol-guidelines-lose-one-two-years-life/

Half a bottle of wine. Maybe a pint of cider too at some point in the week. In the winter I might have a tot of something in my hot chocolate instead of the cider.

Considering you have small children I would be concerned about 3 bottles of wine.

I’m a binge drinker. I don’t drink for months and months, then go mad maybe twice a year. I don’t think 3 bottles a week is excessive, I wish I liked alcohol and could drink to enjoy it, but I drink to get hammered and dance badly.

I dance badly when I’m sober too.

foodenvy not really. If I am out with friends, I just say I am the designated driver and no one tries to get me drinking. MiL doesn't drink, either, so I am not the only one not drinking at family gatherings.

Lots of posters will say it's fine, but likely it would be better if you didn't drink 3 bottles of wine. Especially as if you rely/associate it with winding down etc. As long as you have young children there's always going to be a reason/excuse to wind down. Your body doesn't need it and it has no health benefits. Even the winding down element is false (or mechanical). It's simply dulling your brain for a few hours. Unfortunately there's been a lot of glamorising of alcohol over the years but actually, it's just chemicals altered liquid which is damaging when consumed in lower quantities and poisonous when consumed in large quantities. All the "G&T time!/Prosecco Queen!/Tnank Heavens It's Wine O'Clock!" stuff is advertising nonsense to make it socially acceptable.

Could you try cutting it down to 2 bottles to start with? Or as a PP said, sometimes it's better to drink no alcohol than cut down if you can't/won't stick to it, some people really are "all or nothing".

It's a lot of alcohol, occasionally it's fine but week in week out you are putting your health at risk plus there's the calories and the cost, cutting down to 2 as a step would be good for your health, but find an alternative so you don't miss it

I drink maybe a beer or two plus one or two glasses of wine but it's very dependent on what I am doing because I rarely drink at home, I prefer tea

I used to drink about that. I've cut right down. Now I run in the mornings and I have to say I feel great with it. More energy, a better parent, I get more done, my mood is better.

However, I would have hated myself if I'd heard myself so carry on, as you were.

I don't drink a lot and mainly on weekends only. 1-2 bottles of wine a week. I never considered it an issue.
However it is EVERY weekend and has been for at least 6 years so I figured I needed a break and to prove that I don't have to have it. I'm 2 weeks into being alcohol free. Damn that 1st weekend was tougher than I expected but the sleep was better and I woke up so much fresher.

This is bad for your health. I don't think YABU though. I used to easily drink this much, if not more, and I don't think I ever got drunk. I just always had wine with dinner and then a few glasses extra at the weekend. It's so easy to do.

I drink 3- 5 bottles of wine a week and so want to cut down. I can easily drink a bottle of wine and not feel hugely hungover- just like you say sluggish. But - this stared as maybe twice and weenand seems to have increased

Yep you're way over the recommended limit of 14 units a week and if most of those 3 bottles are consumed over a weekend then it's even more damaging to your health. Just because other people do it doesn't mean its safe. The fact that you're questioning it implies that deep down you have a suspicion that its not good for you.

www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/calculating-alcohol-units/

See I have a drink every night. At least a medium sized glass of wine, sometimes 2. I think DH probably drinks 1 if my 3 bottles, so not too bad.

I don't drink any other alcohol at all.

Its too much ...you are putting your long term physical & mental health at risk ( i am a nurse ).

I used to a drink a bottle of vodka on a Friday night then go to the pub all day on a Saturday and then come home to another bottle.

I worked Monday to Friday and lived alone. I knew I was drinking too much but it was just those two days. And tbh it wasnt every weekend just when the football was on.

When DP moved in I stopped drinking as much as it was mostly loneliness and boredom that caused me to drink.

However I do still enjoy a drink and still regularly "binge drink"

Standard.

I think you have a problem...
You need more

Not unreasonable, and not unusual these days for people to drink so much. But also not good for your health and not necessary. You would feel better physically, mentally, and emotionally if you drank less, but it's a habit you like.

So... ¯\(ツ)/¯

That's far over the usual recommended limits for women.

I encourage anyone who drinks more than the recommended limit to ask themselves the CAGE questionnaire:

Do you ever feel the need to Cut down on your drinking?
Have you ever felt Annoyed by someone criticizing your drinking?
Have you ever felt Guilty about how much you drink?
Have you ever had a drink as an Eye-opener or to get rid of a hangover?

If you answer "yes" to two or more questions, you may have a problem with alcohol.

Keep in mind that 90% of alcoholics are functional. They hold down jobs and raise families. You also don't have to drink every day to be an alcoholic.

I used to like wine,and also vodka and tonic many years ago, just a couple of drinks a week. I was living then with a guy who was a big drinker. and for the next three years,he became a hideous alcoholic, who I tried to help, and get help for. to no avail. He was drinking two bottles of vodka every day, and whatever else he had in his drinks cabinet, he never ate anything, and eventually died with liver problems and alcoholic dementia. I know this has gone off topic a bit,, but it all put me off drinking big time.

How would you feel if you didn't drink that much? Would you feel that something was lacking in your life? Would you feel you were a failure if you didn't drink three bottles of wine a week?

OP you're more likely to suffer an intolerable death by having a pole shoved firmly up your arse.

I'm pretty sure you'll survive you excesses.

If I drank how I want all the time I'd be on more than that. But, it's a killer so I don't . I'd say 2 bottles split between you on weekdays and one at the weekend if you fancy.

Cut down and to 1.5 bottles or 1 and you're fine