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?

We have Sunday roast every Saturday as we’re shift workers. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Ps toast and marmite and a couple of paracetamol washed down by lime and soda always sorts my hangovers out. Although perhaps I shouldn’t admit to getting hungover lest I’m labelled an alcoholic 🙄

Yes I did. Accusing the OP of having a drinking problem because she drank 2 bottles of wine as a one off. That is why you need to chill out ms judgy

Why are you so obsessed with this particular poster? You’re coming across very odd.

No I couldn’t , not because I’d be particularly drunk spread over that many hours but because i would not open a second bottle. I very rarely open wine up just for me. Also no way would I spend 6 hours cooking!

There is no “accusation”

I am the child of a parent who had a problem with alcohol

it is not an “accusation”

Oh do bugger off, and once you're there, bugger off some more!

Yeah, I could if it’s a really nice bottle or two and with food/good company over several hours. Who am I kidding? I could alone with good telly over several hours too if it has been a particularly shit week. I absolutely could if it’s really hot weather and it was white wine. I’d have a stonker of a hangover though, probably do something idiotic and not do it for many years again.

So am I. Two bottles of wine as a one off does not make someone an alcoholic!

Sounds like they had a lovely roast dinner with their mum and grandparents. They probably thought mum being giddy was quite funny! My Dad (who isn’t normally a big drinker) drank too much wine on holiday once and jumped in the pool fully clothed. My sister and I still have a giggle about this occasionally!

I think the hangover will be making you feel anxious. If you’re child-free today, have a long bath and plenty of water (grab an electrolyte drink if you feel up to going out) then a nice carby dinner later. Hope you’re feeling better soon x

All the best op

im sure you’ll fine tomorrow

@Blottum

I was just about to ask if you have or had someone in your life with a drinking problem. You’ve now shared that you do / did. It explains your responses but I think you are projecting your own experience onto the OPeho already feels guilty and anxious for having too much to drink (as a one off).

Oh @Blottum just be quiet for god sake. I’d love to see a list of your life sins so we could all jump down your throat. You’re so obnoxious and bloody boring frankly!

OP don’t sweat it, you just have hangxiety. The unfortunate price you pay for trying to relax as an adult/parent sometimes… don’t beat yourself up!

I read that as “vodka, lime and soda” 😆

I went out on an impromptu Friday night for the first time in a millennium. Saw loads of old friends out and what started as ‘just a couple’ ended up with 2 bottles of white wine and me absolutely hanging out of my arse yesterday. It’ll be another millennium before it happens again. But no, I don’t have an alcohol problem and so long as this isn’t a regular occurrence then neither do you. The suggestions that you do are both hilarious and insane.

Yep. I could have done this, like you, accidently, if enjoying myself. However, that was up until 5 years ago.

Now I count my drinks. It comes with age. And the anxiety also increases!

How often do you drink op? I drink very rarely but my absolute favourite wine is the cheap supermarket Barefoot Zinfandel Rose. I can finish a whole bottle by myself because of how sweet it is but I would need a lot of water to stay hydrated.

Oh and I am also the child of an alcoholic parent @Blottum it’s no excuse to be an arse.

@Mila345 not that 🤣 although we are hair of the dogging today. Dog looking a bit bald tbh!

A large glass an hour. A lot but it does begin to metabolise so with a big meal thrown in I can see how if you can easily drink a bottle over the course of a few hours then 2 could happen over 6. I don't think it makes you an alcoholic!

Why do you feel guilty?

One glass would be more than enough for me but alcohol is a rare thing for me.

This, seconded.

I could drink two bottles of white comfortably without much ill effect, as long I paced myself, say starting with a glass or two before lunch at 12.30, then another 2-3, pssibly 4 with the meal, and a few more more afterwards. I'd know I'd had a drink the following day, but I'd feel perfectly well enough to go to work etc.

I couldn't do that with red though. A glass or two more than a bottle and I end up with a crippling migraine that makes me throw up so badly that I can't even keep water down.

It's a bloody shame, because I love red wine and there are two very fine bottles of Crozes Hermitage in the wine rack.

Can you clarify please - you shared 2 bottles of wine with 2 other adults? Or you drank 2 bottles entirely alone? One of those is less of an issue than the other.

And the 'I can drink a bottle and still be ok', how often is that happening? Regularly sinking a whole bottle by yourself would suggest to me that you do indeed have a problem with alcohol.