Be honest -how much booze do you get through a day/week

[Kristal53]

I have at least two but more like 4 glasses of wine a day and more at a weekend. i don't drink shorts much except in winter when a bottle of spiced rum will last me about a week. I have maybe a couple of days a week wine free on occasion (!) but I actually love wine but don't crave it. According to statistics I consume around three times more than I should -i have to say I don;t give a flying F cos i have an active lifestyle and eat a healthy balanced diet, prepared at home (never ever bought a ready meal in my life) - so how much do you consume -if anything- and do you worry that its way over the 23 units advised a week?

[terrywogan]

I've read that a certain amount of wine/alcohol is good for you, but I just don't like the taste - so my answer to the question is... none at all!

[EvianBaby]

Nothing at all ever through the week and only occasionaly on the weekends so I drink probably once a month on average.

I've never understood the desire to go home and sink a bottle of wine. I'd rather have a cup of tea.

[grasscarp]

I havent read all the posts on here, so this may already have been clarified - a unit is a glass of wine (average size glass - and average strength wine), half a pint of medium strength beer or a shot of alcohol. I consume much more than is good for me.

[rowanwitch]

usually share a bottle of wine with Redman at w/end maybe share one during week couple of pints or less at w/end and bottle of beer if I do curry... occasional malt whisky or rum and the odd port with cheese and biscuits... sounds like a lot but the occasionals are once a month or less so I maybe have between 4-8 units a week now none at all some weeks though

[RATTER15]

I probably average about 12 pints of real ale a year, I dont need to be worrying to much at this stage.

[rowanwitch]

Have to say pre redman it was more like one or two units a month... but he rather likes the real ale pubs in birmingham... as some of them have a seriously good range of beers

[ellsman]

I very rarely drink more than 2 pints of Lager if we go out, I never drink at home. Herself is the same, (just as well in her case, she is crazy enough without alchohol being added to the mix)

[anneasquith]

none.

[sandyRoe]

Not a drop now. But once I would regularly have had the weekly recommended 23 units before dinnertime.

[TheOtherHalf]

We only drink at weekends unless we are going out during the week, which is rare. We will either have a bott of wine between us on Fri and Sat or a couple of cans each night.

[Rodge2]

Honest answer - tea total. Much better for your organs.

[Davethedog]

Ah JJ Don't I just love you:

"a bottle of wine is NOT a unit Jayne"

I think you'll find it is.

My consumption is irregular though I have 4 pints on Sunday - Why 4? Because I drive in the morning and don't want to be over the limit.

Given the choice between drinking and public transport or not drinking and driving. I always choose the latter.

[chi-chi66]

I drink vodka at home mixed with cranberry or raspberry and cranberry juice, part of my five a day! A litre bottle lasts about 2wks, again you don't buy to look at it. When out I have pints of lager usually about five, but thats not every week.

Wine gives me acid, always has done. I will have it occasions..to be
sociable. lol

[Traci66]

No more than three bottles of wine a week.

[Greedyfly]

0 units - I don't drink really.

[Kristal53]

@rodge2 -I don't play the organ so I should be ok

[Kristal53]

Well -those replies were entertaining -what a good party could be had on here ;-) I think that as long as you don't wake up feeling you need a drink, or panic when you have no booze in, then you should drink what you feel is suitable for you whether that be one glass or one bottle a night. I actually love the taste of wine -all types except pink which I find sickly. As for my health in 20 years time -well I'll be well into my 70's by then and if my health deteriorates for the sole reason of drinking (which i doubt) then I would stop -maybe. I have friends in their late 80's who down a bottle of wine a day and are as fit as flees cos they have an active healthy lifestyle. So i say life is for enjoying -within reason. I've just come back from riding my horse around 10 miles - had homemade soup for lunch and will be making a quiche with salad for tea - which I will enjoy with a glass of chilled white before during and most likely after the meal -happy days! ;-)

[cazzz1975]

thats very interesting, I know a lot of elderly people, the one thing I have learnt is that as you age the size of meals and drinks substantially reduces in comparison to a person in their 30s-40s, particularly in the case of people in their 70's and 80's. In fact I dont know of any people of that age who would be able to consume and entire bottle of wine a day, preferring to have a nip of something strong. I have also noticed that older people tend to be more health conscious, eat a much healthier diet and take regular exercise.

I believe in live and let live, if you enjoy a bottle of wine a day, then good for you :)

[pizza]

I'm pretty much the same kristal I always remember seeing bottle stoppers for sale and thought who on earth buys them lol

[Kristal53]

when you think about it it doesn't take much effort to drink a bottle of wine - a glass at lunch (not me personally as my afternoon would be F'd) a couple of glasses with evening meal and then a nightcap -bingo! I bet most french people get through at least a bottle a day.