At what point is alcohol a problem?

[wingsnthat]

Hi, just after your thoughts

I have just turned 24 and have spent the past few weeks drunk out of my mind. A combination of making up for lost time with friends/family, my birthday and restrictions easing has led to me being exceptionally drunk on almost an daily basis since April 12. I’m lucky that I currently work from home so no one at work has noticed how utterly hungover and incapable I am in the mornings. I guess I just want to know, at what point am I doing too much? It is just socially but I feel like a mess. I don’t think I can hack alcohol as much as I could pre-pandemic as a 22 year old!

I spent my early 20s drinking 4/5 nights a week for years. Never considered having a problem it just naturally dropped off when i settled down abit.
However, the first lock down mid thirties i went from rarely drinking in the house to drinking a bottle of wine 4/5 nights a week. Again it kind of dropped off once the cold weather drifted in. I like a drink but i did start to think is this an issue
Im back to drinking once a week.
Have a few days off and see how you feel

I drank a lot while socialising in my twenties. I grew out of it - but I definitely went full throttle! I occasionally had hungover regret when I was in work staring at my screen and having to answer the phone cheerfully when I felt so shit, but it all naturally tailed off as I aged. And my friends aged too obviously.

There’s nothing like the thought of a hangover to make you order a glass of water with your wine when it never occurred to you to do that before...

You've had 2 weeks of getting on it I'm not suprised you feel like shit

However I don't think that post pandemic socialising is a particularly great time to make drastic changes, especially if it's unusual for you.

Drinking IS bad for you, it's always a good idea to keep it in check, but it's also fun so...

For as long as it's just fun, it's not a real problem, but like I said it's never a bad idea to limit yourself with booze