To ask how much you drink and does it concern you?

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That really?

I am drinking ALOT, i caught myself on last week when i drank a bottle of red wine and didn't have a hangover 😱 then i looked back on the week. 3 bottles of wine and a couple bottles of cider. Harry westons which is really strong.

I had a stressfull week and that was more than i usually drink but probably since lockdown im drinking most nights if not every night. Its usually 2 glasses of wine or a bottle of cider.

Thats too much and i need to stop, or cut back. So this is day 3 with no alcohol. Last night i really fancied a drink but i didnt have one, tonight ive not wanted any.

Im on ADs so i know its not a good mix.

I just wondered really how i compare to others?

Maybe 3 glasses of wine a week and 2 whiskeys or a gin and tonic. Not enough to get tipsy on.

Do I worry? No. I'm parenting a toddler and adjusting to a new job in a pandemic. A nice dinner and a glass of something keeps me going!!

Once a week maybe half a bottle of red or a couple of V&T’s - I decided I was drinking too much and it was making me fat and tired so I stopped more or less - now a couple of glasses makes me hungover so I can’t be arsed!

One or two glasses of wine a week. I’m happy with that. I don’t want the extra calories or health risks to stop me enjoying a drink when I have one.

Well done for recognising you were drinking too much and taking action op. There are some great cutting alcohol support threads on here.

I think I drink too much. I could easily have a couple of glasses of wine every night. Try to stop myself until Wed/Thursday, but from then until Sunday I probably get through 2 bottles of wine.

Would love to replace the wine with G&Ts but for me they're just aren't a 'house' drink quite like red wine is!

The other week I realised I’d not had a drink in a month.

Then I got pissed with a friend (pre Tier 2) and I think we had two bottles of Prosecco each.

I’ve had two G&T’s this week.

I think I average about 4 units a week so I’m obviously not concerned but ore-children I was probably what would be described as a binge drinker.

No issue stopping for pregnancy though.

I got into the habit during lockdown of drinking 6 or 7 nights a week. Not loads, usually only one or two smallish drinks with the odd night drinking more, but pretty regular. Before then I drank maybe 4 times a week.

More recently I've cut right down, having maybe one drink a week at home, plus maybe a couple if I'm going out, which isn't frequent (2-3 times a month). I found drinking made my anxiety worse, affected my sleep and left me feeling a bit poo. Thinking of knocking it on the head altogether tbh.

I don't drink anymore. When I actually counted my units I was quite horrified. My hangovers became excruciating too. I'm glad to see the back of it. I read rather a fab book called Alcohol Lied to Me by Craig Beck and I found it easy to stop after reading it.

In the week I have 2 no alcohol days and the other 2 days I will have a bottle of beer or a glass of wine. I do drink too much at the weekend though. A gin and tonic or two and half a bottle of wine quite easily go down on a Friday night. Times are tough and I have a lot on my plate but that’s no excuse - I do think I drink too much so trying to cut down. Following with interest and good luck OP.

Oh i can drink gin like water but thankfully its too expensive as i only like poncy expensive gin!

Im off work for two weeks but the habit was home from work couple glasses. If i cook dinner (rare as dp home first) ill easily put away a bottle of wine. I look forward to a drink when i get home.

Does this look like a problem? Ive always liked a drink but this is worrying me now.

How big are your glasses of wine btw? Ours are tiny - maybe giving us 6 glasses to a bottle. Definitely helps with feeling rough when 2 glasses of wine is 1/3 not 2/3 a bottle

I can drink far too much
A bottle of spirits would last me 2-4 evenings
It doesn’t worry me because I don’t do it all the time and can not drink just as easily
2-3 weeks ago I had a very stressful period and drank far too much
Last week I decided not to drink all week which I managed easily - planning on the same this week mainly because I want to lose weight and it’s just extra calories

I also look forward to having a drink. Sometimes I don’t even have it, but I like that Thursday evening feeling of being able to have some wine. That does concern me a little.

I realised I was drinking too much when I could drink a bottle of wine in an evening and not really feel the effects in the morning. I was drinking that every Friday and Saturday evening so now trying to cutdown.

Yep.

I work full time and have a busy life but I am easily nailing a 70cl of gin in 2/3 nights. I know it's too much .

A lot. The last few months it's been a couple of beers and then share a bottle of red most nights. Or if not wine then gin. I always mean to have free nights but it doesn't happen. I'm seeking help at the moment bc I feel it's gone overboard.

Maybe a glass of wine every couple of months.

I think a bottle of wine is a lot, personally. Especially if it's a regular thing. Expensive too if you're drinking nice stuff. I've been there myself though when I was younger.

It's the same as 10 shots of gin but you probably wouldn't drink 10 G&T, you'd probably get better value out of your expensive gin tbh

Only drink Friday and Saturdays but 3/4 bottle wine each night and ideally I’d like to cut down to 1/2 per night. I drank every night on holiday and felt physically rotten afterwards

About 4 bottles of wine a week. Not worried. Sometimes less but that's at the moment. Half a bottle with dinner. Can and do often do a four week break. Just really enjoying it at the moment.

The other thing that helped me change my mindset, don't know if you take any other drugs but would you eg do pills, coke or smoke weed that often?

That’s three quarters of a bottle per night not 3-4 !!!

I could easily put away a bottle of wine while cooking. Do I think I had a problem? Probably. But if I did those quiz type things I never officially did but I had to face up to the fact that the amount I was drinking would have been causing me harm even if it didn't appear so outwardly.
What worried me more was how dependent I was on it. I just couldn't wait to fill my glass when I came home. I tried to keep it to weekends but they became longer (thurs to Sunday) I tried drinking just a glass but once I had a sip that went out the window.
I couldn't even stop for a week which is when a friend suggested that book. After I had read it I looked at alcohol in a completely different light.

a thimble of sherry on a leap year

Actually too much, and I know it, just lager, but more of it than I should drink, I'm cutting down.

I drink one bottle a week over Fri-Sat night, sometimes a whisky on a Sunday night. Normal weeks if not events on/going out

I don't think this a problem, when asked by a doctor at normal medical checks I answer honestly and they have not mentioned any different

I have one glass of beer maybe twice a month, usually cos husband is having one. Not really fussed about alcohol. Expensive fattening, and unhealthy.