Who thinks its really bad to drink a whoe bottle of white wine in a night?

[emmawill]

One bottle about 3 times a week and very occasionaly 2 bottles. Thats all i want to put as I want to hear peoples opinion. Thank you.

Whoops couldn't spell whole now that looks bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On this basis I am 'really bad' every night.

But joking aside, 1 bottle of wine every night is really too much (and that's pretty much what I drink, but I am attempting to cut back)

it's not bad

I don't think it does affect funtioning next day (where 'tolerance' for alcohol has been built up), but it does and will have long term health consequences

I bottle has be pretty paraletic. Two would have me somewhere under the desk.
IMO yes it is too much. I question myself that one glass of wine a night is too much.

Yep, bad.

OK hands up its me, I used to be a publican and a chef and used to drink alot as it was kind of part of job. Anyway, I don't think I drink much anymore as I never drink until the children are asleep which as I have insomicas as children is gone 9pm, but I have big wine glasses and 3 glasses is a bottle so its easily drunk. I drink probably 3 times a week and occasionally 2 bottles can be drunk so easy. Now I am fine at functioning but my dh is a teatotaler and he does my head in, it would be nice to enjoy a drink and chat with someone, rather than a sober night with him checking out all the football transfers and stuff on the internet all night.

So those who say its bad give up drinking when they became mums or never drunk?

Emma, one bottle of wine, 3 times a week is probably ok, but these things have a habit of creeping up.

And I should know, just finished off yesterdays bottle of white and about to start on left over bottle of red.

But it is Friday and I am all on my own tonight (actually that makes it sound worse )

At one point I was finding myself drinking up to a bottle a night, if not 2.

I knew it wasn't ideal, but DH works away a lot, and after a bad day with the kiddies a glass in the evening is a wonderful way for me to relax.....problem is when that glass is drunk whilst cooking their tea (so 5/6pm), and then I continue....leading to a bottle.

I was doing that rather too often for me to feel 'comfortable' with....I knew this was too much, well, over the recommendations at least!

after talking to my then wonderful HV, she pointed out that as I have kiddies who's health are poor (three have immune deficiancies), and when they are ill need to be seen in hospital. as she said, if I am alone, it is never sensible to drink enought that you would be over the limit and so unable to take them to help should I need it.

I slowed down then, and only ever had one glass if alone, and two if my DH was home.

this was all about 3/4 yrs ago, after DS2 was born, and also before (altho obviously not whilst pregnant...altho to my shame I did drink while B/Feeding.

Now tho, due to the pain meds and other meds I am on I can;t drink......and am now able to even say I don't miss it. (something I never ever thought I would say.

in all honesty...in answer to you question, yes, you are drinking more than you should. that said tho, you don't sound as tho you are drinking over and above too much......just a little more than recommended.

mind you, if you feel the need to ask, then I think you really and truthfully 'knew' that. My HV said that to me when I queried her that time....and she was right!!

take care tho.....don't for one minute give up your glass......i think all mums need some way of relaxing after the 'nightmare' hours of tea/bath/bed

With a dh who works away all week, I don't drink as I may need to take kids to A+E. Eg, early one morning dd woke up in severe pain from an ear infection.
I simply don't feel I can be drunk when alone in the house with the kids.

I drink occasionally at the weekend, but mostly it doesn't occur to me.

i'm exactly the same avalon - dont even have one when i am with the kids on my own for the the same reasons.

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a bottle of wine to ones self a night is probably too much. sharing it would be ok though.

emmawill

it is too much, however I know what it's like to come out of kitchen after work and sit down with a glass or two. So I will not judge you for getting in to the habit. But you need to guy smaller glasses and more expensive wine, that should help a bit. Good luck

Nah, it's not bad to drink a whole bottle of white wine in one night.

as long as it's once a week

its enough to damage your health in the long term

Don't know how old your children are but my mum was drinking slightly less than a bottle a night and slowly but surely it affected her marriage and relationships with the family. I had moved out already but my brother had to leave. Even now she has had to stop drinking for health reasons she will not accept that her drinking had a very detrimental affect on the family.
If anyone had asked me whether one bottle was enough to cause these problems I would have said No. My DH and I used to drink a bottle between us most nights until this happened and then we cut right back.
You may think it doesn't affect your functioning but I suspect it probably does.
Not being judgemental jsut telling you how it was for us.

I never know whether to believe that alcohol unit thing as it seems ridiculously low. But if you do then the bad news is that you're drinking a lot more than the recommended amount...

A bottle of wine = around 8/9 units (which is way more than the 2/3 units recommended daily.)

Multiplied by 3 = 24/27 units per week
or by 4 = 32/36 units per week
(recommended levels for women = 14 units)

I haven't given up drunkenness since becoming a parent! Not at all. I drink very differently to you though. I'm quite a binge drinker- habitually have practically nothing but occasionally really go for it, often when I am a bit nervous at group events, and usually become spectacularly drunk in the process- as several poor mumsnetters have witnessed. Not a very healthy way to drink either.

Do you and your dh do other stuff together of an evening? Eat together? Watch tv? It sounds like you are upset about him getting drawn into the computer screen and ignoring you. Perhaps it's all too easy to drown your resentment of that in another glass of wine rather than sort it?

I was thinking the same as Scummy re. the units ... added up over a week it is a lot and probably far too much.
I haven't ever been able to drink a whole bottle of wine without getting completely paralytic - even in my heavy drinking student days ... vodka, however, is a different story ...
In the last couple of months I haven't even been able to manage a whole glass of wine in one night ... I was suffering headaches very regularly and decided to cut back on my 2 glasses a night - and it had an immediate effect ... I realised that my headaches every morning was actually a hangover .
I love wine but in the last couple of months have kept my intake down to about 3 - 4 glasses a week and my headaches have cleared up.
With the result, however, now not being able to take any more than on glass without feeling drunk. Example: I got as pissed as a fart on two glasses of champagne on our wedding anniversary night and giggled all through the posh meal DH took me out for and then with the two glasses of red I had with the meal I passed out on the bed at 10pm - in a posh, swanky hotel DH booked for a night of 'luuuurving' ... so poor DH felt very hard done by
Emma, if you wanted to cut down, why don't you try drinking a large glass of water between glasses of wine ... at least it will counteract the dehydrating effects the wine will be having on your body ....

Disregarding the amount for a minute,are you drinking because you are lonely and Dh is on t'internet all night?Or is DH on t'internet because you are drinking all night?