Does drinking a bottle of wine, alone and at home on a school night, indicate a drinking problem?

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Or am I over-reacting? I'm just concerned about a friend who causally told me this earlier...

Depends if its every night or a one off.

Once a year, no.

Every evening, yes.

As a one off, nothing wrong with it.

Doing it every night would suggest a problem

It sounds lovely! But as said previously, it's the regularity and "need" which is key

Eh?!

Every night it's a problem.....as a one off no issue.

As above depends if its regular or every now and again

Whit?

Eh?

do you have other concerns OP? Is your friend showing signs of being unhappy, and alcohol is self medication - or was she celebrating something/ drowning her sorrows for a particular reason ?

What a stupid comment! I have the odd glass of wine, I'm in no way cool

No, definitely not, it’s 3 (albeit large) drinks. Lots of people drink that much or more at a work function on a ‘school night’.

Drinking that much or more every or most nights though isn’t healthy and would be more problematic. As a one off or on occasion sort of thing, completely normal. I say this as a (now sober) alcoholic.

Are one off is fine!

The obsession with wine drives me absolutely up the wall

So if it's every school night that's 5 bottles a week, I'd say that was fairly excessive

Who shat in your handbag @Pennn ?

Agree with PP's, totally depends on frequency and 'need'. Totally fine now and again for winding down.

There will be loads of people who come on and say it’s no big deal, however it is excessive.
If your friend feels the need to drink the whole bottle rather than a glass or two, I.e can’t stop drinking once they have started, then yes, they have a problem.
The recommended units per week are 14, some strong bottles of wine have that many in them.
6 units or more in one go , so a whole bottle, is classed as binge drinking. Binge drinking regularly is a problem.

I do this on occasion. Mostly a weekend.

@Pennn who's got an obsession with wine? What a strange reaction

I usually have a few drinks on a Thursday night to celebrate the end of my working week 🤷‍♀️

I could easily nail a bottle of wine myself watching a film with dinner etc and I don't have a drinking problem. But not every night (well I could but I don't).

I probably drink more than I should, but it's not the same thing.

Like others have said, depends on the reason and the frequency.

A bottle is 3 large glasses, so a large amount but over the course of an evening with dinner not off the chart levels. It’s an amount that could easily be drunk out for dinner with friends or at a pub with no one really batting an eye.

One off, unwise.
Regularly, she needs some help.

every night - a problem

once a week - not a problem

your post appears to be missing some crucial details