Why did I drink 2 bottles of wine!

[Isitchristmasyett]

So, I was making a Sunday roast yesterday, opened a bottle of wine and before I knew it 2 had gone! This is not a regular occasion and don’t think I have ever done that before. It was over the course of about 6 hours but I am paying for it today.

can anybody else manage 2 bottles?

Diet Coke and soft boiled eggs with soldiers for me!

@Rosscameasdoody 30 units for 10 pints of beer is for the higher strength stuff if around 5.2%. The poster was right.

Marmite on toast and full sugar coke ftw!

OP, don't worry as a one off it's ok. You're obviously coping with a lot and you're aware of how much you drunk. At my peak I could mange 3 bottles a night, but I was a problem drinker and I told myself it was ok (just for the record, I know it's not ok!) at the time.

From what you've said I doubt you'll be rushing to do it again

I don't think anyone has been an "arse" but you are being one there.

You asked if anyone could down 2 bottles of wine whilst cooking. No. I couldn't. Even when I socialised and drank a lot more than I do now it would take several hours to get through 2 bottles. Whilst cooking, I don't think I'd get through more than a couple of glasses.

I just don’t agree with kicking people whilst they are already down

It was over the course of 6 hours….. it says so in the first post.

it was probably longer, I opened the wine at 3pm and went to bed at around 11

I have drunk two bottles of wine before together with a couple of vodka and tonics and lived to tell the tale. It's not great if it is a regular thing obviously! As a one off its fine

I could drink 2 bottles over 6 hours. I'd feel like crap the next day. But I wouldn't be falling over. I'm not a massive drinker really.

Hopefully you had some good music on OP

This is a common misunderstanding of what alcohol being a depressant meant. It doesn’t mean it makes you depressed. It means it depresses your nervous system - aka stops you from functioning properly.

You've just got hangxiety, you're not exactly 'down'. Nit sure what you thought you'd get from aibu? Anyway, you'll be fine tomorrow

It’s not a misunderstanding. Aclohol is a depressant and can significantly affect mental health as a result of its effects on a chemical neurotransmitter - gamma aminobutyric acid, which normally has a relaxing effect. Small amounts of alcohol can stimulate this neurotransmitter and cause enhanced feelings of relaxation, but heavy drinking can deplete it, causing increased tension and feelings of panic, especially during withdrawal in heavy drinkers.

The average pint of beer served in a pub is 4% alcohol, not 5.2. It’s between two and three units of alcohol per pint. And I qualified it by comparing it against high alcohol strength of 13.5% in the wine.

Didn’t say it was.

12 per cent wine according to OP. Between 8 and 9 units per bottle.

Didn’t come across like that to me. At all. But then I paid attention to what OP said about going through a break up just a month ago and her ex already being with someone else. I took it that she’d done something out of the ordinary because of the circumstances, was worried and turned to MN for a bit of advice. Only to be met with shitty comments like yours because you can’t see beyond your own experience and clearly enjoy sitting in judgement.

@Isitchristmasyett ignore the choir of judgement. There are a lot of people on here who get validation from being judgemental arseholes to strangers. You know you won’t repeat the 2 bottles incident. They are a lot slower to learn. Mostly as they would never be so bold IRL so have lost the fear of repercussions.
Never forget those who preach perfection online are very often projecting a fantasy life they themselves don’t live.

I could easily do this… and it’s why I stopped drinking altogether about 6 months ago. Now I’ve stopped I can see very clearly that I do have issues around alcohol (and have had since my early 20s - I’m now early 40s). I always used to say that I didn’t have any issues. I found “This Naked Mind” by Annie Grace and the I Am Sober app really helpful. All the best

Sometimes these things happen… it’s not like you’re doing it every weekend. I hope you had fun and also hope the hangover subsides. Really don’t beat yourself up. A lot of people do far worse to their bodies. It was a one off. Hope your Saturday roast was tasty!

I bet you wake up today and feel much betyer
Op and over the anxiety?

just a thought… if you were drinking until 11pm, and you remember putting your children to bed but don’t remember putting yourself to bed… that would indicate you did most of your drinking alone, when they were in bed - so they wouldn’t have seen you especially drunk presumably because most drinking happened post their bedtime

Some right patronising people on here.

OP. Please don't beat yourself up. You are not an alcoholic.

You had hangxiety and you wanted to vent. So you came to Mumsnet as you thought it was a safe space. But as you can now see it isn't.

You've had some AA worker breathing down your neck and other ridiculous comments.

Hope the wine was nice 😉 although I bet next time you'll stick to one bottle instead of two. That hangover will need a while to be forgotten.

I wouldn’t worry OP. Sounds like you’ve had a lot to deal with and alcohol can have a sedative effect so with the first glass you probably felt less on edge than you have been and then just lost the run of yourself. I’ve done it myself when the shit has hit the fan. Hope you’re hangover is better now!

May be worth going to counselling so you can talk through some of the issues you are dealing with in the wake of your separation. You’ve obviously been under a lot of strain so just be kind to yourself.

Hi OP, you have just gone through a breakup and drank a bit too much. Not a big deal as a one off at all. You felt bad yesterday because you had ‘the fear’ - just part of a hangover.
Get a mate round, have a chat, feel better, arrange a spa day or whatever and move on.
If you find yourself doing it every week or wanting to then take stock again.

No I could never manage two bottles. I hardly ever have more than two glasses in one sitting. I have a low alcohol tolerance and whilst I enjoy a drink, I will nearly always have only one because that is enough for me.