In mid 40s it is getting harder and harder to enjoy alcohol

[Elizo]

I've always enjoyed a drink, not too much, but a nice glass of wine or beer or two, I also like pubs. It is getting to the point where I can virtually feel the hangover coming as I drink the drink. More than 1 drink is too many. Annoying that this pleasure is being taken! Has anyone else experienced this? I read that at mid 40s the body becomes much less able to absorb alcohol...

YANBU - same for me
YABU - I can still drink fine

Where do you get biodynamic wine from??

Honestly, just google - too many suppliers to list. Read their sites and try out any whose stock or service appeal. In England expect to pay north of £18 for decent biodynamic wine (you can pay less but it might be a bit basic). Plus delivery of course. Or go into your local wine shop and ask.

I too know loads of people in 40s/50s/60s who drink a lot and don't seem to suffer too much. But when I think about it, they have drank all their lives and will have built a tolerance up. The negative for them comes later when they get illnesses and diseases from it.

No difference from ever, almost late 50s now.

YANBU, but it can vary from my experience. I never used to get hangovers at all, mainlyu because I'm a fairly light drinker, but did start getting them in my late 30s if I drunk an unusual amount. I'm 46 now and earlier this year I went through a phase for a month or two when even small amounts (2 glasses of wine in one case, a single pint in another) meant waking up with a throbbing head although that did go away with an ibuprofen. Then that finished and I seemed to be able to tolerate normal amounts again, but I expect I'll have other phases of low tolerance.

YANBU I stopped drinking almost 7 years ago aged 41. It's the best thing I ever did. Alcohol added absolutely nothing to my life, it only took from me.

Haven’t noticed that hangovers are any worse than when I was younger, but I’m no longer prepared to write off a precious weekend day for one, so I am much more restrained than I used to be.

Yep this is why I gave up drinking.

Wine was the worst for it.

No difference for me.

I’ve never been a big drinker but my tolerance has also dropped off a cliff in my 40s. Most of my friends seem totally fine with it though.

I literally don’t understand how they can drink so much.

Yes, worse and worse throughout my 40s, total shite now I am in my 50s.

Your mistake was slowing down. Drinking excessively requires commitment

Yes. I liked wine too but I decided it wasn’t worth feeling rubbish for. I read all the quit lit and 4 years later I still don’t want alcohol at all.

43 and my hangovers last 2-3 days now, like a comedown. Miserable

Just turned 40 and can't handle more than one glass. Even on that, I get hilariously flushed and it wrecks my sleep.

I did have about 5 years off drinking (the odd half pint only) due to pregnancy, Co sleeping and poor toddler sleep so I do occasionally wonder if I've just lost my tolerance and need to push through to regain it . . .

I've never been much of a drinker as my dad was an alcoholic so the thought of getting legless really scares me.

However, I'd have a glass of wine with a meal or in a pub but about my mid thirties, I started getting migraines if I drank any kind of wine and some other alcoholic drinks too.

I can drink a small Baileys or a pint of Guinness and be ok but no idea if I could drink more without feeling ill as I wouldn't enjoy it and luckily none of my friends are drinkers as they're pretty sporty, so it's no big deal.

Same. It started shifting for me about 41 and a couple of years later it's much worse.

However I recently discovered two things: I find it much easier to tolerate more than one if it's an organic wine or a clear spirit. I can't drink any cheap plonk anymore.

Also, eating a lot and drinking at least once large glass of water for each alcoholic drink. I recently had quite a boozy long work lunch which left me unscathed as I followed both these rules. It was really nice to feel tipsy and not suffer. But god knows how many calories I took on!

Yeah was fine until around age 45 then the hangovers got worse until it's just not worth it any more. Prosecco was suddenly the worst culprit, which wasn't great for all the social outings/ladies brunches.

44 and can’t drink the way I used to atall. I haven’t drank this year. Last year I just had a drink of fizz on fancy occasions so 2-3 times over the year then a few over Christmas . I feel dreadful after it’s just not worth it. I find my skin looks dreadful after too, bloated and Unwell looking

On the upside I’m a bit thinner which feels better than a bit fatter gad I kept up the booze!

No, mid 50's, but I drink far more than I should, bottle of wine is a regular occurrence and I don't get hangovers. I am thinking of massively cutting down, purely for vanity reasons as my skin is pants as menopausal and I am fat and those extra empty calories won't be helping !

The only thing I can actually drink now is gin and tonic, but can have loads of it and not want to die the next day. Pretty much everything else makes me feel shocking.

I have had to cut right down as if I had a big night out I would be sick every half an hour the next day - all day!!!

It wasn't worth that at all

Even after 3/4 drinks now I'm dizzy, can't shift a headache the next day.

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Yes, I had to become an abstinent at 42.
It's got its good points.

YANBU.
Alcohol is mainly metabolized by an enzyme, alcohol dehydrogenase. As women we are significantly lower in this enzyme than men, and it also dips dramatically as we hit our forties (which also coincides with other body composition changes which exacerbates the problem). We just can't process and eliminate alcohol properly. We're not meant to, I guess, but it is a bit of a downer when our 40s tend to come with other challenges and the odd glass of wine might help take the edge off!
I don't drink any more- initially driven by no longer wanting to feel rotten and anxious and then that decision was solidified when I got some bad health news. Life is actually so much easier and everything brighter than it ever was when I drank. That's not to say that it wasn't tricky at first.

Mid 70s. Haven't noticed any difference. But then I gave up drinking to the extent of a hangover in my 30s, just decided I didn't want to experience a hangover ever again. So kept to a small glass or perhaps 2.

I have been cutting down for health reasons, and haven't noticed its absence.

I stopped at 51 - it wasn't so much hangovers with me as the fact that I started to feel depressed the day after drinking. I decided this wouldn't sit very well with menopause so decided to try abstinence and haven't looked back. Not suggesting you give up but it's not a bad idea to pay attention to the signs your body is sending.