To ask how much you drink in a week?

[Ballsygal]

I used to not drink at all but once I had my DD I started having half a glass of wine in the evening after I put her down. Over the years (she’s 10 now) that has increased. I’d now say that I drink at least two glasses of wine every night and at weekends an extra couple of beers / a cocktail. Is that a lot? What do you drink?

I drink very little.
Maybe one glass of wine a fortnight.

A few cocktails every 6 months or so. I think I overdid it as a teen 😅 I haven't been into drinking since I was about 22. If I were you I'd probably try to cut down a little.

Mid 20s with no kids I was pissed every weekend night. Grew up around that culture, was allowed to drink at 13 (just a few- how bad is that?). After having children never went out drinking as we didn't have any sitters or family that would help us. So we would have a bottle of wine between us twice a week maybe more on the weekend then it became that every night. We were feeling shit every morn and my head aches were awful. We both cut it out and feel better now. Funnily we paired it with cutting out sources of stress like our awful families. Best thing ever for us. Not for everyone but for us it feels great.

I don't drink any alcohol. I was a weekend binge drinker but I stopped when waking up with a hangover became too awful.

Probably half a bottle of wine in total over the course of a week

I don’t drink any alcohol Mon-Thursday and then have about half a bottle of good red on the other nights. That is an average week. If there are any nights out or other socialising it would be more. I don’t socialise much though 😊

1 - 2 measures of whiskey or brandy on a Sunday afternoon/evening.

I drink the same as you, maybe a bit more.

More to the point OP can you go without a drink. When was the last time you had a drink free day, and how often do you have one ? I think you know that you are boozing way too much and may be dependent.

Most weeks I dont drink.
I had a party a few weeks ago to celebrate a birthday and that was my first hangover in decades. Apart from the party last drink I had was probably in September.

I would say probably anything between half a bottle to a bottle of wine a week. I only really drink wine, we do buy a bottle of Bailey's at Christmas, I might occasionally have a beer, a couple of times a year at most.

I used to drink a similar amount, but slowed down to a point where I haven’t had anything for a few months. My life is better for it.

I have a thimble full every other Christmas.

I always over do it..

I rarely drink at all these days. I don’t drink anything at home apart from December when I will have a snowball every evening (make my own not the small bottles) over the Xmas Eve - New year period. Then nothing unless I go to a wedding. I used to drink up to 4 bottles of wine over the weekend, sometimes more. It was not healthy and it’s unfortunate that the drinking culture in the U.K. is like it is. I was drinking at 13, I’m glad my kids weren’t. My son had his first drink at 17 and they haven’t grown up around drunk or seen their parents drunk. I hope they have a sensible relationship with alcohol

I don't think you should be worried unless you feel it's getting you down. It's more than you should have but not more than a lot.
I suspect that most people will only comment the actual amount they have if it's less than that.
I'm an all or nothing kind of gal so what I will say is when I do drink I will drink far far more than that and still function. But it's no good for my health.

One night every couple of months, I might have 3 or 4 drinks.

I think you are drinking a lot, you are drinking more than the recommended weekly amount and it sounds like you are drinking every night which is also against recommendations.

I ocassionally have one drink, even more occasionally have two. Most weeks I don't drink. I used to drink too much, but I was never really in denial.

I am absolutely ASTOUNDED at people with opened and unfinished bottles of wine in the house. I mean. I don't know anyone who does that.

If we ever buy wine we end up chucking some away and that is with two of us.

We rarely open a bottle for this reason.

I think the challenge is that the amount slowly creeps up. 2 glasses became half a bottle and when stressed a whole bottle nearly.

I don’t drink at home unless is a special occasion like Christmas. I may have the occasional cider or gin if we ever visit a pub but that’s about it so to me it really does sound like a lot.

Sorry but that sounds fine to me. As long as you can go without then I personally wouldn’t worry. But that’s me…

I have the same as you OP, a couple of glasses most evenings... I don't binge drink and I never get hangovers but I do enjoy wine most evenings. It probably is too much, but I enjoy it and can afford it.

0 units a week.

But I also don’t really mind drinking alone (just one or two), I don’t get miserable or down, it’s just nice. Like a bit of cake or something?

people can be addicted to sugar too…