Eurgh Wine O'clock

[stopwiththewineoclock]

I'm in some semi professional fb groups to do with my career. Lots of mums in there who constantly relate everything to having a drink.

Endless posts about "is it too soon for gin"? Or pictures with those enormous glasses of wine that say just one glass. The whole Christmas party is about wine.

Does anyone else find this annoying?

Never really got the fetishistic alcohol culture. Sure, enjoy having a drink, but it's all some people talk about. I think they're nervous they have nothing else to say, so it's a failsafe

Ah, it’s just a joke
If it was true they’d be very ill very often

I don’t tend to say it myself

@stopwiththewineoclock

I think the people who post this don't consider that people might not drink for many reasons. I take a cocktail of painkillers and I find the constant references to drinking annoying. Likewise people might have had alcohol problems, religious reasons etc. Many valid reasons for not wanting to constantly drink wine or gin. (And why is it always these two?!)

Agree a million percent. I'm an alcoholic sober almost 6 years and hate this stuff as the thought still pops into my head like it's a normal thing to do (and then quickly gets replaced by no way) or if I'm feeling low it makes me feel so abnormal like I have nothing to contribute. Glad to hear there are others who don't enjoy this "banter"

I've noticed a funny thing. I'm from the "Ladette" era and we did cane it. Then we grew up and kids came along. In the ensuing years, most of us drank very moderately. Most of us still do but there are a couple of people I know (who were the most vocal I know when their children were young about letting us know they'd not having had a drink for 8 months, pulling us up on having a few, etc . . .) who are gin/wine/beer o'clocking all over the place now. Totally irritating.

"Cane it" 😍

Agree.
It's often just a glass or two too... So not actual heavy drinking. It's ridiculous but I'd almost prefer them to say "can't wait to drink half a litre of spirits and feel like shite". But that's my issue because I'm an alcoholic in recovery and 2 glasses of wine never touched the sides for me.

Life's hard and alcohol clearly helps some people. Whatever you got to do to get by. If they're alcoholic they'll hit a rock bottom at some point. I just don't think the gin mummies generally are.

I actually do have a problem with alcohol and would never bring drink up that casually. IME the ones who go on about "lol gin" don't actually have a problem with it. When you have a problem with alcohol you downplay it.

I always just assumed the types you describe want to sound rebellious/free spirited/rock n roll/whatever else they associate with heavy drinking.

The reality is they are probably just having literally a glass of wine or two G&Ts and feeling like courtney love 😂

I need a glass of wine to get through the class what's app, there's some important information on there but it's hidden among a lot of pfb hand wringing, complaining about non issues at school and panicking that the best tutors are full. Give me a gin meme any day 😆

Well I bloody love a drink but I'm equally nauseated by wine and gin memes.
'Rose you say? Ooh don't mind if I do''
'It's always gin o'clock in this house!!'
'Mummy's Ribena!'

@LesterKnopf

YANBU My brother recently died from complications due to alcoholism even though he had been sober for a year. The constant normalisation of excessive drinking, needing alcohol to relax or destress etc just hide the devastating long term effects and make it harder for addicts to acknowledge their problem and give up.

@LesterKnopf

Sorry to see this

Agree that constant references to alcohol / wine o'clock normalise heavy drinking

A friend of mine from USA was shocked when a UK friend opened a bottle of prosecco at their DD's birthday party. My US,friend thought it was a really inappropriate to be drinking around young children