Does anyone else drink far too much alcohol and realise its wrong but..............

[bosslady]

Just find it really hard to stop! I have if im honest with myself a problem i drink wine every night of the week which i know its bad for me but find it so hard not to! i made a point of stopping so many times i wouldnt mind if i actually enjoyed it anymore as i dont think i do i think its a habit i have got into and just cant get out of everytime i hear some statistics about alcohol abuse on news i cringe and blush and think god thats me> Last week i didnt buy any and got to wednesday and was okay monday and tuesday was like a bear with a sore head sop grumpy bad headaches etc! so then thursday my dp brought home 6 bottles of wine and i was so pissed off with myself as he said do you want some or are we waiting till the weekend? i was doin fine then he did that and i quite clearly have no willpower as we had a bottle with tea and together polished the rest off over the weekend !! so vowed not to drink the following week but just had a bad day with children and off i went to the shop!! im so mad at myself i just wondered if anyone else has as little willpower as me!!

me. I just like something 'grown-up' to do when the kids have gone to bed.

We go out rarely as we struggle for sitters, so I think I 'deserve' something for myself.

But yes it's a bad habit.

so do you drink every night?

i dont til the weekend........its just my rule, but i DO feel like a drink every second of the day lol

mostly bosslady - I try to have 1 or 2 nights off a week - sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But like you, I don't always particularly enjoy drinking in the evening - just feel that I'm doing something for me!

Someone on here suggested brushing teeth takes the urge away - it does work.

The thing is i dont feel like i want to drink during the day just emmerdale comes on and i want to watch tv with no kids and some wine ... except i cant stop at 1 glass now is just drinkig at weekends or on certain days of the week not classed as binge drinking and worse for you if you know what i mean!!

Pretty sure that daily drip feeding isn't too good either bosslady...

I am cutting down because I reached a point wher I was drinking about 1/2 bottle of wine a night more at weekends.
Iam trying to stay off the sauce for at least 3 nights a week but find THAT quite hard.
I am desperate to loose weight. Ieat healthily I run 3 times a week but I cannot shift an ounce and I know it is the booze.
But on the other hand I am fit eat well, don't smoke very rarely go out, what is the point if I cannot have a nice glass of red at the end of a hard day?
I have swithced to lower alcohol content wine as wel 12% ih ones.

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omg i have a problem a bottle between us never i will have 3/4 he will have a 1/4! ill try brushing my teeth!! i thought about joining the gym so instaed of buying wine spend money on good health rather than pickling my liver everynight.

I have been. Usually have a glass or 2 of white wine while getting dinner and then DH and I split a bottle of red. Then he will have a whisky or brandy and I will either have the last of the red or open another bottle.

Wake up too early knowing I have drunk too much and visualising my liver disintegrating!

So last week decided to cut down and switched to white wine with soda - long glass, an inch or so of wine topped with soda and then ice. I have 3 or 4 of these over an evening and made a bottle of wine last Sunday to Friday last week! I still feel like I am having a drink but am only having max 2 glasses of wine over the evening.

Feel better for it too.

Booslady - I'm the same as you. I have no willpower and it's just a habit! DH says, "Would you like a drink" meaning ribena or water or something and I say, "Oooo, a glass of red would be lovely please". Am glad I'm not alone.

thats a good idea i did that on holidy had white with soda its more refreshing too im so sad i tried the non alcoholic grape drinks from asda which actually werent that bad and are cheaper!

its not good at all now i have made my confession i think i sould make apoint of not drinking tonight!

I am getting some soda on the way home.

Before my recent pregnancy I had cut down to only drinking on the last 3-4 days of the week. Then I m/c and went on a bit of a bender - drinking 2/3 glasses a night and a lot more besides when going out for an evening. I know this has to stop as I want ttc again and drinking this much isn't healthy for me or a baby. However, I do enjoy wine in the evening. It is something to look forward to in the evenings after ds has gone to bed.

i dont know what to do as i dont want to stop completely but it costs a bomb and like many i dont have any other vices i dont smoke and dont go out very often maybe the soda thing is a good comprimise or am i just kidding myself?

yes - weak spritzers here too (if I am drinking) and it's amazing ... bottles last weeks and you feel fine, whilst still indulging in the 'grownup' drink.

I used to drink FAR too much, and as you say, it was more out of habit than anything else. The main thing is that you are aware of it and will therefore slowly begin cutting down (well, that is what happened to me, and now I can quite easily give or take a drink ... even when we go out for dinner!!!)

Should add, was not drinking more than 1 unit per week during the weeks I was pregnant!

Do you know what as soon as i was pregnant i just stopped it never even entered my head so why am i finding it so hard now?

I drink most nights. Usually a max of 2 glasses of wine. Wish I could stop but been doing it so long it's hard.
Do try and have camomile tea and hot chocolate but not quite the same Also dh drinks so really hard not to be tempted

Pregnancy is a great motivator to stop I suppose. Maybe similar to how smokers can stop but then start again when baby is born.

i like your name frascati!! very apt with the conversation we having!