Food & Dining How much do you drink?

1 standard drink (for simplicity) is
1 shot of spirits
1 small beer (1 pint is 2)
1 small glass of wine (1 normal glass is 1.5)


lets be honest !!

I ve had a lot of friends from overseas in the past two weeks and ive counted 40 std drinks per week,

this coming from a person who drink 1 drink per week on average, and its making me feel horrible, given that im a personal trainer

how do some people drink 40 per week every week!

 

I vary. Had little to drink in 2 weeks now (1 drink last sat night), and half a glass of wine on tuesday which I didnt finish. Other times I can polish off a bottle of nice scotch in a week. Depends on my mood adn what I have going on.

Trying to cut right back and give my liver a holiday

 

I have completely cut out drinking from my life. Not that I ever drank a lot but I would drink on nights out on most weekends.

I haven't had a drop since May 2015. My focus and energy have never felt so good

 

I have a couple at Christmas and maybe a bottle of wine over the rest of the year (it usually goes off in the fridge before I drink it). DH drinks less than me. Occasional glass if out for dinner as well.

I would say that my mum is an alcoholic (binge drinker) and her grandfather was an alcoholic so it's in the family but I've never seen the attraction. No one in my generation or the next seems to have a problem in my family as well...

 

I'm taking up drinking this week

I need some practice.

 

Zero. I quit all alcohol this year to prove a point. I am thinking that I might not start drinking again. I don't particularly miss drinking.

 

Not this week, wine & beer as I'm skiing.

 

11 years alcohol free today!


pinkboy

 

I don't have 'average' weeks.

I'm generally at either end of the scale.
Some weeks I will drink 2l of beer a night (4x 500ml bottles). A big night I will double this. So 40+ std drinks.
Then I'll go for a period of basically not drinking (maybe a couple of beers one night a week).

I don't really drink wine or spirits. Just beer.

I always feel better when I'm not drinking, yet, I do enjoy a beer.

Interesting most of the posts so far are from the non-drinkers of the team.

Blacky

 

It's the weekend, maybe they had a big Friday night or they're hitting it right now...

 

Might have a glass or two of wine on a Friday night with dinner, sometimes a beer with dinner too or maybe after dinner watching tv. Sometimes a nice scotch before dinner. If I'm out I only drink as much as those around me, most of the people I know don't drink or drink very little. I have one friend though who really puts it away, if I'm with him I'll take the Pepsi challenge and smash half a carton of grog, some spirits on top too. That's just how it's done in western Sydney kids.

 

Around five or six standard drinks per week. Have gone for protracted periods without drinking at all in the past. Up to a year. For the last few years I have gone without a drink for the number of consecutive days that my age is in years. Just a quirky thing; I do similar things with going vegetarian or vegan or swimming every day for my age/years. I don't follow the dry july or febfast or ocsober campaigns. I just do it when I feel like it.

Have to say, that even though I don't drink very much these days, the clarity and focus and lack of mental fog after not drinking for a while is incredible. I may go for a year without drinking (just to prove a point as others have mentioned) at some point. I do enjoy nice wine, but only before dinner. Strangely I don't like drinking wine or beer with the actual meal itself.

Will have a few tonight, probably bubbly. We are off to a wedding reception at the Grand Sheraton at Main Beach

Cheers

 

You left out the 30-40 range which is where I am now, not good but a lot better than the 60-80 (or sometimes over 100) I used to drink a few months ago. I did this by having drink free days. Cutting down daily consumption was not possible for me, but not starting to drink was possible. The first drink of the day triggers something that makes it impossible to stop. Alcohol is highly addictive in this way, it´s hurt and killed people close to me. They say "One drink is too many and a thousand is not enough", very true unfortunately for many people.

Having alcohol free days, and slowly increasing their frequency, seems to be working. The last 7 days the unit tallies have been 0, 16, 0, 0, 0, 0, 12. So its either nothing or too much, moderation is impossible. As a replacement I drink loads of sparkling water, and a strong green tea concoction with cayenne pepper, ginger and apple cider vinegar. To completely give up alcohol would be awesome, respect for people who can do that.

 

I put 5-10 range as I would have a beer at night after work,dont really touch the spirits at all..

 

I'm on the high side;
- weather here is perfect for drinking beer all year round
- beer is cheap here
- no risk of being done for drink driving.