how do you know when you're drinking too much?

[kazzianne]

Not sure if this is the right section - it may be moved!

Anyway,how do you know when you are drinking too much? What is too much? Is it the medical guidelines,or is there a general amount that most people would say is way too much?

By the way,I obviously mean alcohol and not soft drinks!

[Aliceband]

OK Kazzianne, ...

Your post has got me thinking now. I think tonight I will be wine free!

[kazzianne]

lolol - its made me think,red or white!!

[Aliceband]

oh, dont. I do have a bottle of wine in the fridge.

Lets just see how I feel later shall we :)

[kazzianne]

hee hee - sorry!! I do think that people in general drink far more these days,dont you?

[Aliceband]

definately. I dont think its just us Kazzianne. :0

[ugly_bob]

Hmmm, I never really drink at home. Usually down the pub Tues for darts, Weds for pool and have a few (5/6 pints). Then it's Friday (as soon as I finish work til close) and Saturday (sometimes all day). Sometimes go down for 2 or 3 on Sunday if there is a decent game on. Ditto Mon and Thurs evenings.

[dot.hawkes]

If I am drinking alone at home i tend to drink less, especially if my grandson is around, if I go to my blokes house I get really really bladdered cos he makes such strong mixes. Now there have been occasions in the past where I have had a drink at his and really not been well at all. I don't trust him to make my drinks these days. Funny though, when i am on hols in an all inclusive, I usually start drinking at about 11am and drink all day and all nightand never really feel too drunk.

[dot.hawkes]

oh now i am realising why i love the caribbean

[kazzianne]

I agree Dot - we went all inclusive last year,and drank all day and eve,though I had just lager in day as it was refreshing,then spirits in the eve as local wine was foul.But I seemed to handle it better than when I just drink in eve at home - very strange! Dont drink spirits at home as its so easy to pour huge measures,and just gulp then down if they have coke or orange juice in them.I drink wine a bit slower.

[kazzianne]

Alice - think we are being very honest dont you!! Not pretending we are good girls!

[Aliceband]

Can believe HOW honest Kazzianne LOL

Better nip out later and dispose of my empties :(

By the way, do you prefer red or white.

[dot.hawkes]

I'll tell you what is a good benchmark for deciding if you drink too much, check out the recycle bin you have to put outside in the street every 2 weeks! That's when you really feel it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My two lads drink lager and cider and they have lots of mates in most nights, you should see what this family recycle in those bins and boxes!!!!!!!!! We are (incredibly) not the fullest bins in the street either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kazzianne]

Dot - im thinking of having a bottle bank in my front garden! What do you think??

[dot.hawkes]

actually the vicarage is 100 yards down from me and you should see what they go thru in a fortnight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and it ain't the communion wine (well not all of it lol)

[kazzianne]

Alice - im going thru a rose phase(I cant find how to write the little line above the 'e' so I know it reads wrong).

I do like red but sometimes it can be a bit heavy.And I love dry white.

[kazzianne]

My neighbour goes to the bottle bank with a full trailer on the back of her car - I swear its true!!

[Aliceband]

lol@ now got this image of a huge bottle bank in the garden.

Dot, Thank goodness our recycle bin does not take glass bottles! Dont think the poor man would be able to lift it.

[kazzianne]

maybe going to the bottle bank under cover of darkness is a sign of too much!! (not really!)

[Aliceband]

I do usually wear a balaclava, incase anyone recognises me.

[kazzianne]

LOL Alice!! Can just picture you now tiptoeing out of the house with your empties!!