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How often do you drink alcohol?

182 replies

Poptart4 · 07/03/2020 14:19

I drink 4 nights a week.

Sometimes I'll have just 1 or 2 drinks to unwind after a long day, sometimes abit more (weekends).

Just curious to see where I stand compared to everyone else?

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purplebob · 07/03/2020 15:40

None, a few years now since. It was making my head have more fuzzy days than normal days.

Slith · 07/03/2020 15:46

Every day.

Nat6999 · 07/03/2020 15:47

I haven't touched alcohol for 3 years now.

Floraflower3 · 07/03/2020 15:49

I never really drink at home unless I'm pre drinking before going out.

I drink once or twice a month if I'm going out, I don't go out much these days. When I do go out I do drink a fair bit.

Ninkanink · 07/03/2020 15:50

We enjoy drinking specialty teas as well as tonics without alcohol, cordials or fruit based cocktails. So we definitely don’t feel deprived if we’re not having alcoholic drinks!

Strugglingtodomybest · 07/03/2020 15:51

Depends, but nowadays it's only if I'm out, whereas I used to drink a lot at home too.

I've had a drink 4 times so far this year.

namechangeforthistobehonest · 07/03/2020 16:00

Two bottles of wine a night (minimum), every night. I'll often start at 4pm, and I'm genuinely impressed if I manage to wait until 6 or 7.
Today, I started at 5 to 12pm.

I'm an absolute alcoholic and I wish desperately I could stop. I have three young children and a wonderful husband (also an alcoholic but works full time so he manages to not drink during office hours).

I hate myself for it.

YourBonesAreWet · 07/03/2020 16:04

I drink two or three times a year.

I used to drink a few times a week but as I have got older it doesn’t seem worth it. Hangovers have got worse and I feel really anxious for days afterwards.

Falcor40 · 07/03/2020 16:07

Once every two years maybe.

dottiedodah · 07/03/2020 16:11

Usually if out and not driving (about once in a couple of months) ! Find it gives me a fuzzy head now .If you like a drink now and then thats fine just dont overdo it!

GA2012 · 07/03/2020 16:12

Never!

YappityYapYap · 07/03/2020 16:13

I have a glass of wine on a Saturday night, that's it for me. If I go out (probably 3 times a year) I'll have about 4 drinks

lowlandLucky · 07/03/2020 16:14

Last weekend i had 2 glasses of wine during lunch at a friends house, before that it was New Years Eve.

CarolHasAnotherUTI · 07/03/2020 16:15

I'm have one or two drinks every couple of months usually.

Although this year so far it has been maybe one a month.

squishedgrapes · 07/03/2020 16:17

Almost every day I'll,have a glass of wine. Sometimes just half a glass
At the weekends I might have 2 glasses

LooksLikeImStuckHere · 07/03/2020 16:20

Maybe 4 or 5 times a year? I don’t really enjoy it to be honest.

friendineed · 07/03/2020 16:21

Once in a blue moon. Literally.

IsadoraQuagmire · 07/03/2020 16:31

Never, it tastes horrible and makes me feel sick.

PuppyMonkey · 07/03/2020 16:43

namechange Sad - is there no way you could reach out to someone for some help?

I drink Friday Saturday and usually Sunday - three glasses of wine each night. If I take one sip more than three glasses I feel dreadful the next day.

Flymetothetoon · 07/03/2020 16:47

Most evenings in fact I'm at my local right now having my first glass of 🍷

Marmit · 07/03/2020 16:48

Rarely. Usually only at parties or when we eat out. Occasionally at home.

I don’t think 4 nights a week is excessive, if you’re worrying!

SisterAgatha · 07/03/2020 16:49

About once every other month?

cardibach · 07/03/2020 16:50

Mumsnet is full of people who get tipsy on a thimbleful of champagne at Christmas. They exclaim in horror about anyone having drink more often. From my knowledge of friends and acquaintances this is not that usual a position.

Marmit · 07/03/2020 16:52

@namechangeforthistobehonest you’re brave to face up to it. Have you ever tried support groups or anything like that?

cultkid · 07/03/2020 16:53

I used to drink 7 nights a week a glass of wine 5 of those nights and about half a bottle 2

I now drink a glass of wine less then once a week
I went off alcohol in January when I got a hangover.