Page 2 | A bottle a night too much?

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brassers · 23/04/2020 13:17

Just since lock down. Yes it is too much and it's too easy because I don't get drunk or a hangover on it. I love the two or three hours to myself. I am a single parent with no let up
From kids with extra needs and a very very clingy ten year old.it relaxed me and I looked forward to it. It's been a traumatic few months but I don't want it to become a long term habit
Think I'll go back to tea and chocolate.Thanks

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Illstartexercisingtomorrow · 23/04/2020 13:18

I don't think a bottle in an evening is a huge amount at all. It's only about 9 or 10 units. At first that will get you completely trollied but once you get used to it you will be able to handle it perfectly well.

So over 5 nights that’s 50 units per week. When the recommended MAXIMUM is 14 units per week.

ScarfLadysBag · 23/04/2020 13:19

Yes it seems like a hell of a lot to me. I would be absolutely wasted and not fit to be in sole charge of children if I drank that much, but I suppose my tolerance is pretty low as I've only recently started drinking again (a small glass of red most evenings) after three years of not drinking at all.

bloodyhellsbellsx · 23/04/2020 13:21

By the official guidelines it is too much, but as others has said it’s so easily done especially at the moment. I’m probably about 3 bottles a week at the minute, a lot of friends and family are over too. In times of crisis it’s not uncommon to turn to the bottle but just watch out for it becoming a problem.

Dipi79 · 23/04/2020 13:23

Of course it's too much.

bananafish · 23/04/2020 13:27

It’s a good idea to stop if you can. I was on about a bottle a night before Xmas - it is very easily done; only about 4 large glasses.

I stopped for dry January and have just carried on with it. I do think you end up feeling much better for it. And you save lots of money too; that’s another bonus.

Ginkypig · 23/04/2020 13:27

It's absolutely too much, you know that without us/me telling you that but if I had my way it would be normal especially now!

As it is not healthy Iv really tried to keep it to 1/2 a bottle (shared) on a Saturday night with the occasional Friday or Sunday but not regularly.
I might have a spirit and mixer on another weeknight (like midweek) evening if I really fancy it but not very often.

It's less than I want to be honest as the idea of a lovely glass of red while watching the tv after my dinner is quite alluring but it's not good for my health and really not good for the waistline or the bank balance!

leolion81 · 23/04/2020 13:27

If I'm having white or rose I dilute it slightly with tonic water so it goes further. I'm like you and look forward to my evening drink but have to watch it because it does go down so easily!

LorenzoStDubois · 23/04/2020 13:30

Way too much, then, for one person.
Bloody hell.
if I drank like that, i'd be huge and my liver would be fucked, too.

SallyWD · 23/04/2020 13:32

That's what - about 50 units a week? You're supposed to have no more than 14. You probably don't realise how much better you'd feel if you stopped. If I have even 2 glasses I don't sleep well and feel tired and anxious the next day.

Lazybones12 · 23/04/2020 13:36

I was similar only it was 7 nights a week. 3 Weeks ago my hubby said that I was drinking too much. He was right, I knew it. A bottle a day. So easy to get into the habit. I now buy 3 bottles on a Thursday for the weekend between us. I have 4-5 Alcohol free nights.

ilovemydogandMrObama · 23/04/2020 13:38

As others have said, it's so easy to do.

I've been having just tonic water and jazz it up a bit - lemon slices, rosemary, really anything aromatic.

Saving the gin for the weekend

Whiskas1Kittens · 23/04/2020 13:41

Have ice cream, cake or chocolate instead. Far nicer!

EnamelledStars · 23/04/2020 13:42

I was doing the same in Dec and hadn’t really noticed it being out of control - like you, never really hungover and felt okay. It’s only when I decided I should do dry January I realised how different I actually felt. My energy levels were better, I stopped snacking and lost about 7lbs.

I can feel myself starting to slip into bad habits again as I’m bored at home, but I’m making a very concerted effort to be alcohol free 4-5 nights a week now.

SimonJT · 23/04/2020 13:44

That is quite a lot, I love a drink and I’m having one bottle of beer a day, but I am also having non-alcoholic beer as well.

WickedlyPetite · 23/04/2020 13:45

It's easily done at the moment.

I've drank almost every day the past few weeks. Some days a full bottle of wine, others not so much, yesterday 1 G&T and 1 glass of wine.

Bluegrass · 23/04/2020 13:50

@Hirsutefirs

“Why would the OP not say that it was shared between people, if it was?

You lot, honestly!”

1 - sometimes OPs leave out important info and if there is any uncertainty it is best to clarify before replying

2 - even drinking half a bottle a night over 4-5 nights would exceed the recommended amount, so it would still be a reasonable question to ask if this was being shared between 2 people.

Rosehip10 · 23/04/2020 13:51

Excessive. Cut back.

WhyCantIthinkOfAgoodOne · 23/04/2020 13:55

I don't think a bottle in an evening is a huge amount at all. It's only about 9 or 10 units. At first that will get you completely trollied but once you get used to it you will be able to handle it perfectly well.

Whether or not it gets you drunk it will still be damaging your liver and putting you at higher risk for cancer, heart disease, diabetes etc. The fact you don't get drunk anymore is actually worrying. A very high tolerence is associated with alcohol problems. (Not saying OP is an alcoholic).

AuntieMarys · 23/04/2020 13:57

Excess white wine makes my roseacea flare up. Gin doesn't. I'm limiting drinking to 3/4 evenings. A couple of double gins each night. Occasionally 3.

Thisismytimetoshine · 23/04/2020 13:57

What on earth does handle it perfectly well mean?? Don't be such a halfwit; it's doing the same damage whether you feel close to sober or passed out in a dribbling heap.

Shayisgreat · 23/04/2020 13:57

I would be very sick if I drank that amount.

I have noticed that I'm drinking more often than I used to though. Will share a bottle of wine a week and sometimes have 1 or 2 rum and cokes at the weekend. DH drinks a lot more than that so I seem almost teetotal in comparison.

Mammyloveswine · 23/04/2020 13:59

It is but you won't be the only one!

I'm back on slimming world and have cut right back on the booze as was having at least a bottle a night... some nights I even opened a second but I have had more booze free nights recently and if I have a drink I've just been having one or two and consciously having it if that makes sense? So I've had a glass of wine in front of the telly as a treat rather than opening the wine whilst cooking..

For me also if I've no wine in then I don't miss it so I just haven't bought any.

I had a binge last night as it was weigh day and I lost 6 pounds so I had a bottle over the course of the evening but I'll have no more now until a glass over dinner with DH on Sunday. Then will have a gin next weds as ordered a bottle with shopping.

I actually feel liberated limiting my alcohol consumption and that I'm back in control.

SerenDippitty · 23/04/2020 13:59

I don't think a bottle in an evening is a huge amount at all. It's only about 9 or 10 units. At first that will get you completely trollied but once you get used to it you will be able to handle it perfectly well.

It can be a bad sign if you've built up a tolerance to amounts that used to get you trollied.

MimiLaRue · 23/04/2020 13:59

Yes, its way too much. Anyone who says it isnt needs to look at the NHS guidelines. Its not to curb people's fun, its to prevent people's risk of developing certain cancers etc

I'm constantly amazed by how people justify drinking to excess as if anyone who raises concern is some kind of killjoy.