Why did I drink 2 bottles of wine!

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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?

What more do you want- the Spanish inquisition?

Nobody expects that.

So you cooked a meal presumably for multiple people, chatter, engaged, tidied up as you went along, bid any guests farewell, dealt with children etc?

I mean op, it seems like 2 bottles really didn’t have much an impact on you at the time?

OP, please be kind to yourself. It sounds like you made a mistake, and that’s okay.

I know that feeling of crushing anxiety after wine. I can drink a bottle, and be okay (ish) the next day, but I wouldn’t dare drink even a sip more than that, because I know that I would be crawling out of my skin the next day.
I mostly stick to two glasses now, with a lot of water during.

Alcohol is a depressant, remember that.

Will you back off, jeeze.

I think opening the second bottle would have made me think I’d had enough.

I’m not sure if you’ve posted here for reassurance as in ‘yes course that’s totally normal’ or if not, why you’ve posted.
If you are looking for affirmation that this is ok, then you obviously don’t think it is or feel guilt/regret. I think you have some work to do either way and I hope you are ok

I definitely could do this if I started drinking in the afternoon and the wine was going down easy and I was eating. Not a good idea to do it all the time though!

Alcoholism doesn’t work like that. You don’t have one binge session and immediately ‘have a drink problem.’

Of course it’s too much in one sitting in terms of units and if op did this regularly it would be real issue for her health. But alcoholism is thrown around so casually on here, it’s really unhelpful and shows complete ignorance.

Op it’s easily done to be honest. 2 bottles is six large glasses over the course of several hours. In my youth I’d drink a full bottle of wine before I even went out! Couldn’t do it now of course. Drink plenty of water, get some carbs down, have a good night sleep and you’ll be grand tomorrow.

Why should anyone have made the OP feel bad about it? Some people on Mumsnet have very strange opinions about alcohol. I suppose the OP should be grateful that she’s not elderly - there’s nothing mumsnetters hate more than old people, apart from possibly old people who have a drink to enjoy themselves from time to time. 😆😆

OP - I always swore by a nice runny cheese omelet to cure a hangover, so try some eggs if you haven’t eaten.

Yes same and then order another bottle each in the wine bar before the club. I can still easily drink two bottles of a good red if I start at lunchtime. Try not to do that too often though.

you also have a day missing !

have you come for absolution

bread, jumbo oats, mash potato, cake, soak it up

what was the wine

Full English is my choice.

Addiction is dependency. It’s needing that thing (in this case alcohol) above anything else and having to get it regardless of the negative implications on your health, relationships, work etc. MN is notoriously OTT about alcohol and while everyone is perfectly entitled to their own views around drinking, it’s utterly ridiculous to label anyone who enjoys a drink as an alcoholic.

Do you drink to this level often? Do you regularly go over the recommended 14 units per week? Is alcohol getting in the way of your life or taking up loads of your headspace? If the answer these questions is yes then maybe it’s time to start having a think about your habits.

But please don’t let silly people on here convince you that you are an alcoholic based on one boozy Saturday.

I'm also paying today OP for daring to have a rare evening out with DH not quite 2 bottles but we got through 2 over the course of a evening and dinner and finished with a cocktail.

It's definitely a rare event for us thankfully the kids have been happy playing at home and it's a wet one here anyway.

Yes I could drink that amount.

Yes I also have a problematic relationship with alcohol so generally just don't drink at all anymore.

I could do 2 bottles over a few hours, especially when cooking. But only if it was a lower strength wine, they do vary considerably. My limit is a 11% vol, .

Fenal tea before bed after drinking wine seems to help me enormously the next day😀

Presumably because the story is a fabrication?

Two bottles of wine would have me throwing up and probably stuck in bed the following day. But I can consume fair quantities of rum with seemingly no ill effects.

It sounds like your emotional response (anxiety) is a sign that it was too much for you.

I could if I was busy and someone else was helping pour, if I had to open the new bottle myself I would stop it alone, but if DP went to pour me a drink and he opened me the new bottle I probably wouldn’t realise. Over 6 hours it’s about a glass an hour.

You’re missing the crucial issue, OP.

If it was white wine then you’re a dirty tramp. If it was rosé you’re an ingenue. If it was red you’re a sophisticated lady of the world.

Reading this thread is dragging me towards the bottle of very acceptable red I’ve got beside the hob. Mmmm.

Don't.

Ignore the MN alchy calls. You know the truth if this is a one off or not. The fact you started a thread about it tells me that it's an extreme event for you.

As a one off, 2 bottles over 6 hours happens. I hope it made the cooking more fun

Enjoy today and stop feeling bad.

Irn bru and a Mars bar.

I wouldn't jump to it being an issue, if it is as you say, a one off. Unhealthy, a bit irresponsible for an adult, but not the end of the world.

I did something similar after a late miscarriage, ended up waking up in hospital absolutely mortified (I was not a drinker at all and one bottle of wine completely floored me).

BUT I would say that the only people I've know in real life to talk often about how much they've drank, when they've drank, making excuses about drinking, seeking reassurance that it is normal or not that bad, have all had significant alcohol problems.

I drank 2 bottles of wine last night between 6-11pm 🤷‍♀️
I also intend to have a couple of glasses tonight.
So shoot me, I know I am not an alcoholic!

Jeeez people on Mumsnet love an opportunity to look down on someone. Get yourself to AA pronto and never do it again.

drink lots of water and don’t give it another thought. Nothing bad happened.