how much do you drink in a normal week?

luka

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im just trying to take more drugs and drink a lot less. the booze arc is not fit for purpose. theres no plateau to sit on and enjoy lucidly for a few hours.
 

craner

Beast of Burden
Habit is the hardest thing. That post-work period: 6 till 8, NEED A DRINK NOW. Get past that and you're fine, the cravings disappear.
 
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Leo

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i sleep a lot better when i don't drink, wake up more refreshed and not tired during the day. i think drinking makes me snore more, which obviously interrupts sleep patterns. red wine seems to be the worst culprit.
 

version

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"And quickly, only a few seconds to go, what do you do outside of writing?"

"I drink... that's about it."

 
Habit is the hardest thing. That post-work period: 6 till 8, NEED A DRINK NOW. Get past that and you're fine, the cravings disappear.

This is true. Evenings with no drink are rare. 2-3 tins is normal but a full bottle of red is also normal. Weekends are stupid. I don't really wantt to add up the units.
 
I don't know if I'd consider myself an alcoholic. It doesn't 'negatively impact my relationships', it doesn't affect my work' but it obviously does... subtly. I don't blackout or be sick or get angry or do things out of character. It's just a constant calming expensive lubrication in my life that's slowly killing me and maybe holding me back from my true potential.
 

version

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I drink like once a month, if that, and only really at weekends. It's tempting to have booze around all the time, but I know I'd end up drinking it more often if I did and it would be harder to resist that than it is to resist buying it in the first place.
 

Leo

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with not going out socially to bars/restaurants/parties since late march, I can say I haven't gotten good and drunk since early this year. however, I have noticed we've done more daily drinking during that time.

we used to have a beer or glass of wine at dinner about half the time (roughly the weekend, Thurs-Sun) but now find we do that pretty much seven nights a week, with Fri-Sat often expanding to two or more drinks around the dinner table.
 

Leo

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yeah, that's what we keep telling ourselves. ;)

but I do think I sleep better when I don't drink, feel more refreshed in the morning. it's probably an age thing, three beers or half a bottle of wine had no affect on how I'd feel the next day when in my 20s-30s, but now that I'm Luka's age...
 
After 30 the hangovers after big sessions become horrific. Very dark, a deep physical anxiety, hopeless, bleak! For the milder ones what you need is intense exercise first thing, last thing you want to do but wipes them clean... loads of water too
 

WashYourHands

Cat Malogen
Gave up booze (almost entirely) nearly 20 years ago. Best thing I ever did. To reframe the question, probably less than 10 units a year.

I know plenty of people who flirt with problem drinking. 10+ units a night standard, more during lockdown. Team meetings on Monday mornings nearly always start with one or two booze anecdotes and these are addiction specialists - the irony. Not judging. Everyone needs a pressure release valve and these islands have a time honoured tradition with alcohol.

John Keane has a famous drinking compatriot who is a leetle more colourful when describing going at it awful hard


And then there’s

 
The boasting and the macho aspects can sometimes suck the joy out of it for me. Drinking is at best a very sensual thing, we want to glide along
 

john eden

male pale and stale
I had to walk someone home yesterday who had been out with a problem drinker and kept up better than they had planned. Another mate is up to 3 bottles of wine every night at home after being laid off.

Another mate doesn’t drink at home so has basically not had a drink for most of lockdown. Which in many ways is the weirdest of the lot although it shouldn’t be. :unsure:

I’m generally sticking to my Thursday to Saturday on / Sunday to Weds off rule. Drinking a bit more at home but probably slightly less overall cos I’m not out Sunday-Weds.
 
I tried to impose that kind of rule but my family were massive enablers, and when things got too stressful it was far too easy to forget it. This is my concern, that it never gets too grim for me, that I continue happily at this level
 
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