Is it normal for someone to drink 3-4 pints each evening during lockdown?

[Trex100]

I know normality is very subjective and I don’t think it definitely bothers me but just wanted other viewpoints. He doesn’t drink during the day so only starts around 8pm but will continue until 1 or 2am each day, sitting in the living room on his own, whilst watching videos etc. Either beer, whiskey or gin such as 1 bottle of gin.

I don’t drink massively so not sure what a societal norm is. He is fairly productive during the day and has a job etc.

Well, it’s not good for his liver.

One bottle of gin in an evening!? Way too much! Daily drinking is not great anyway. I know it's a stressful time for people but he should be having a few days off a week to give his body a chance to recover.

Normal, yes. Desirable, no.
Did he drink like this before lockdown or is this new behaviour.

There’s no such thing as normal right now

But a bottle of gin??? That’s nothing like 3/4 pints. Neither are great if every night but a bottle of gin is about 28 units, 4 pints more like 8–10 units.

How big is the bottle of gin?

3 cans of larger a day is a little much but I wouldn’t say overly excessive but a full bottle of gin defo is

A bottle of gin a night? How big? If it's a litre bottle then he has a problem, if it's a miniature then I'd say one a night is ok.

4 pints a night is more than the recommended amount per day. But I guess if he doesn't normally drink then it's just the same as people eating and drinking too much for a week or two on holiday. Won't do him any good either way

4 pints is 8 units. Having that everyday is not good for you.

A bottle of spirits a day? That’s alcoholism and he needs help.

No that's not normal by any stretch of the imagination.

3-4 pints per evening is not ideal but in lockdown I think very many are. It’s just something to do. A bottle of gin though is a different ball game and that would worry me.

He’s an alcoholic.

Unless he could go say 2 weeks without alcohol, no withdrawl symptoms or negative emotions such as being angry / depressed because he can’t drink, then he has a problem and that’s not normal.

Sadly many people in society make out drinking to be normal. It’s not, when sometime needs it to feel good.

*someone not sometime

Nope

70cl bottle of gin would be about 28 units of alcohol.
4 pints would be about 8 units (more if stronger lager, say).

UK health advice:
To keep health risks from alcohol to a low level it is safest not to drink more than 14 units a week on a regular basis
If you regularly drink as much as 14 units per week, it's best to spread your drinking evenly over three or more days. If you have one or two heavy drinking episodes a week, you increase your risk of long-term illness and injury

A whole bottle of gin in an evening? He’s got a pretty serious drink problem.

A whole bottle of gin is not anywhere near the same as 3-4 pints. That is concerning

God no, count how many units of alcohol per week that is! That sounds dangerously unhealthy. Is this something he usually does or has it just started?

4 pints of tea OTOH - normal

Trex

What are you getting out of this relationship?. I have to look at you also here.

He is dependent on alcohol to function; when is this person ever not on a comedown from drink?. When he is ever truly sober, I doubt if he ever is. Ok so he has a job, many functioning alcoholics do. Until they do not. His world as well as yours is going to come crashing down around you soon enough if it is not disintegrating already.