Does anyone else drink most evenings?

[SandraOhh]

I do. Wine usually, a couple of glasses. It's how I unwind. I do skip some nights. I know it's not great for you but everyone has their vices. It helps me cope and feel happier and more able to 'do' life.

Any chance anyone tried McGuigan AF sparkling? I've seen it get some good reviews, but I hated their AF red, and it's twice the price of the store brand version in Sainsbury's.

No. I have one glass of wine on Friday and Saturday nights most weeks but that's it.

My mother has been a heavy drinker since I was a child and I've seen what an alcohol dependency can do to a family as well as a persons mental and physical health. I'll never do that to my children.

Also it's a huge waste of calories! I'd rather eat them

I had a glass of wine at an outdoor cafe last night. Walked home and I was asleep an hour later ( around 9p.m.) Clearly my tolerance is shot.🤣

@Cameleongirl

I had a glass of wine at an outdoor cafe last night. Walked home and I was asleep an hour later ( around 9p.m.) Clearly my tolerance is shot.🤣

Yes I find that too. I have my one glass of wine on a Friday night with dinner and then invariably fall asleep on the sofa in front of the tv an hour later . I'm only 37. Clearly having two small children and not drinking regularly anymore means I have no tolerance anymore!

Yes, I was on the sofa too, I ended up sleeping there all night as I couldn’t be bothered to move! DH was making fun of me this morning.😄

I’ve not had a drink for years. I drank a lot in my late teens and twenties but as I’m quite introverted I drank for the confidence it gave me. Only drank in pubs and clubs never alone. The hangovers were fierce though, raging anxiety and depression the next day plus waking up at 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep. As I’ve got older I don’t care what people think about me and don’t need that drink for confidence anymore. Only 2 or 3 drinks would set off the anxiety next day so it’s just not worth it, whole Sundays were wasted with me feeling like death. I don’t miss it one bit and feel much better not drinking.

Becks Blue is a brilliant AF beer.

Becks Blue is a brilliant AF beer

Is this a joke?! 😄 There are good AF beers these days though; the range has really increased in the past couple of years or so. There was a point where Erdinger Alcoholfrei was the only decent alcohol free beer you could get hold of, but now most supermarkets stock the more popular ones like Punk AF.

Yes, a glass or sometimes 2 every eve, it helps me relax and therefore, its good for me x

@Mojoj

Nah I prefer a good weekend binge myself

ha ha, my husband likes the binge night, i prefer a glass every eve, i cant binge !

@Preech

Noughty by Thomson and Scott is a sparkling AF wine, but I think they may do others. Not sure, sorry

No. I only drink when I go out. On a very rare occasion in the summer I might sit and have a g&t in the garden.

The problem with threads like this is that I'm sure many people are 100% fine having a drink every night but not everyone will be, even if they think they are.

It Mumsnet was a thing 20 years ago my mum would have answered saying, yes I have a glass or 2 every night as it helps me wind down, relax, feel good etc. Now she will make it until about 12.30 until the shakes get too much and she needs a drink.

20 years ago my sister would have said she has a beer after work every day because she enjoys the taste. She wasn't an alcoholic 20 years ago. About 10 years later alcohol killed her.

I'm not against alcohol and will have a beer on the weekend but people need to be honest with themselves. It genuinely does creep up on you. It's not a problem until one day it is and and once that line is crossed it's really hard to come out the other side.

There aren't many things on MN that really annoy me, but the "Hah - call that a drink problem?! Don't mention you like a glass or two on MN - they'll rip you to bits, cos they all just drink one small sherry a year on Christmas Day" brigade massively piss me off. Partly because it's such transparent defensiveness and deflection (as well as being plain untrue), but partly because there must be many MNers teetering on tye edge of an alcohol problem who really don't need that kind of enabling.

And I say that as someone who's currently 2/3 of the way into a bottle of rosé, which would once have been small fry to me, but which rarely happens these days. Stop minimising.

I don't, I'm a weekend drinker. Although I don't work fridays so sometimes start the weekend on thursday with a glass of wine.

I probably drink about 2 bottles of wine over the weekend. If we go out and it's more of a bingey night then i probably won't drink the following day - if I've overindulged a bit then i don't want anything. Hair of the dog is not for me

My DH drinks most nights

I agree @lazylinguist, and as well as being defensive it's also an unfair complaint in my view, as there's always a mixture of responses to these threads.

I'm not drinking at the moment, but I have gone through phases of drinking every day, as well as heavier drinking on the weekends. It's hard for me to maintain any sort of civilised, moderate consumption. It's more straightforward and better for my mental health if I am completely abstinent, dull as that is. I wish I was the sort of person that could enjoy just one or two glasses, but I will always want one more.

If you are drinking every single day then you have a drink problem. IMHO.

No you dont, i have a glass every eve with dinner or in the evening watching tv, that is not a drink problem.

@NerrSnerr

The problem with threads like this is that I'm sure many people are 100% fine having a drink every night but not everyone will be, even if they think they are.

It Mumsnet was a thing 20 years ago my mum would have answered saying, yes I have a glass or 2 every night as it helps me wind down, relax, feel good etc. Now she will make it until about 12.30 until the shakes get too much and she needs a drink.

20 years ago my sister would have said she has a beer after work every day because she enjoys the taste. She wasn't an alcoholic 20 years ago. About 10 years later alcohol killed her.

I'm not against alcohol and will have a beer on the weekend but people need to be honest with themselves. It genuinely does creep up on you. It's not a problem until one day it is and and once that line is crossed it's really hard to come out the other side.

Thats rare, for 20 years i have a wine most nights and don't feel the need or want to even have a sniff of wine in the daytime and have never got the shakes ! Its normal in most households to enjoy wine with a meal, or an evening relax

Not normal IMO. I don't feel the need to drink regularly. Doesn't help relax. That's just an illusion. It makes me irritable and anxious, affects sleep. And that's just one glass for me! I rarely drink unless to celebrate an occasion. Often leaving DH to drink rest of bottle. As I get older, I just can't be bothered with alcohol.

Also it's impossible to be sharp as a tack when up early every morning if you have alcohol in your system. Plus there's all the empty calories...

Its normal in most households to enjoy wine with a meal, or an evening relax

I don't think it is normal to drink every night and I don't think most households do it.

This is an interesting read on drinking trends.
alcoholchange.org.uk/alcohol-facts/fact-sheets/drinking-trends-in-the-uk

Unfortunately, eating well and exercising do not stop alcohol from damaging your body. People are kidding themselves because you can't see the damage done by daily alcohol. I am now forced not to drink alcohol because just one drink causes horrendous gastritis - I was a once a week binger in my 20's. 30's and 40's one double measure on a Saturday night. Now early 50's.

If you need alcohol to relax then you have a problem.