Anonymous wrote:Too much. But damn I have a fun life.

Same. Lol.

As far as qty, it varies quite a bit. I also enjoy MJ so depends on who I'm with and what we are doing. Generally fri/sat, sometimes sun. Between DH and I we probably go through 3 bottles of wine, cocktails maybe a beer or two (I've stopped beer for weight loss reasons), shots if we are entertaining. Over a weekend. Honestly worse than the sleep and hangover is the $$$! I don't like drinking cheap stuff, so I know we'd save a ton if we cut back.

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Anonymous wrote:Up until January 2024 I consistently drank the equivalent of five shots of bourbon every day, more on the weekends. I'm a 40yo female.

I did a Dry January and it stuck for five months. More recently, I have had a few drinks at social events/vacation.

Good for you, PP! Any tips to cut back? I want to make a change and so does DH.

PP here. I can tell you what I did.

I leaned in hard to focusing on not drinking, and my health. I got an app for my phone that counts the days without drinks (and tells me how much money and calories I saved). I read every book under the sun on alcohol reduction and health/wellness in general. I spent a TON of time on walks listening to those audiobooks. As a result, I went to be early, ridiculously early. If I'm not awake at 9:00, I can't pour that 9:00 habitual drink! I focused on getting quality sleep, quality exercise, and intentional time doing different things with friends and family. That got me through Dry January.

I had every intention at stopping at one month, but just...kept going without thinking about it much. After about two months, I got to the point where it didn't occur to me to have a drink.

I do have one of those Recess "adaptogen" drinks quite frequently. I think it is just a placebo, but I like the way they taste. I tried a bunch of NA beer/wine/liquor, but they weren't for me.

We'll see how it goes from here. It was never my intention to stop drinking forever. I just wanted to feel better, and I do!

Anonymous wrote:Up until January 2024 I consistently drank the equivalent of five shots of bourbon every day, more on the weekends. I'm a 40yo female.

I did a Dry January and it stuck for five months. More recently, I have had a few drinks at social events/vacation.

That is amazing!! Nice job!

Anonymous wrote:Too much. But damn I have a fun life.

I'm the PP fighting with the "you drunk f*ks" poster. I don't drink much, and never have hard alcohol. But this made me lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Due to medications and having an exhausting life, I rarely drink.

If I wasn't dealing with chronic illness and severe depression, I'd be in drinking a lot more.

I envy people who are out having a great time this summer. Who are healthy and can actually live life.

I’m just a busy dad and I don’t have time to drink. If I have time to sit down and sip something cold - I usually desperately need some water.

Also, I’m healthy and can’t stand the idea of wasting my summer days being drunk. Go for a bike ride or a hike you drunk f*cks.

Yikes. I'm not a big drinker, but I'm also not prone to bursts of judgmental anger. You might want to ride your bike and take a deep breath.

How do you type when your hands are shaking so much? Don't you spill your vodka?

Oh! I didn't realize it was you! Basement Bro, you are in fine form today.

If you are going to accuse people of having "anger" because they don't drink as much as you, I think it's fair for them to ask about your sobriety.

The "anger" comment was directly related to you calling people "you drunk f*ks." That, to me, is inappropriate, especially in light of the fact that hardly anyone on this thread (admits to) drinks heavily and many not at all. I believe people make sweeping and derogatory generalizations due to anger.

It was an offhand casual comment. You are too defensive.

I don't find "you drunk f*ks" to be an offhanded casual comment. Whatever it is, it is accusatory and judgmental. I don't care if people drink or not. I just hate mean people.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe 3-5 drinks per month, if that.

I used to drink quite a bit more but in my mid 40s I don’t need the calories and also it messes with my sleep. I also don’t want to encourage DH to drink more because he has had issues with alcohol in the past .We don’t even keep alcohol in the house now- just occasionally buy a bottle of wine to have with dinner etc. or will have one drink sometimes when out.

Same. Bottles of wine are irritating because they never get finished. Can cook with them tho.

I've taken to getting the small black box wine to cook with. I'll drink the rest of that. I get one box a month maybe (?), so that's about 2 glasses a month after I make my sauce - it makes me tipsy too. DH never drinks.

Too much. But damn I have a fun life.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 51. I decided last fall that I just wasn't going to drink anymore. I used to enjoy a well crafted margarita every couple of months or so but the last time I drank I felt like crap for multiple days. It's just not worth it.

+1 seems like the consensus

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Anonymous wrote:Due to medications and having an exhausting life, I rarely drink.

If I wasn't dealing with chronic illness and severe depression, I'd be in drinking a lot more.

I envy people who are out having a great time this summer. Who are healthy and can actually live life.

I’m just a busy dad and I don’t have time to drink. If I have time to sit down and sip something cold - I usually desperately need some water.

Also, I’m healthy and can’t stand the idea of wasting my summer days being drunk. Go for a bike ride or a hike you drunk f*cks.

Yikes. I'm not a big drinker, but I'm also not prone to bursts of judgmental anger. You might want to ride your bike and take a deep breath.

How do you type when your hands are shaking so much? Don't you spill your vodka?

Oh! I didn't realize it was you! Basement Bro, you are in fine form today.

If you are going to accuse people of having "anger" because they don't drink as much as you, I think it's fair for them to ask about your sobriety.

The "anger" comment was directly related to you calling people "you drunk f*ks." That, to me, is inappropriate, especially in light of the fact that hardly anyone on this thread (admits to) drinks heavily and many not at all. I believe people make sweeping and derogatory generalizations due to anger.

It was an offhand casual comment. You are too defensive.

I'm 51. I decided last fall that I just wasn't going to drink anymore. I used to enjoy a well crafted margarita every couple of months or so but the last time I drank I felt like crap for multiple days. It's just not worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:Due to medications and having an exhausting life, I rarely drink.

If I wasn't dealing with chronic illness and severe depression, I'd be in drinking a lot more.

I envy people who are out having a great time this summer. Who are healthy and can actually live life.

I’m just a busy dad and I don’t have time to drink. If I have time to sit down and sip something cold - I usually desperately need some water.

Also, I’m healthy and can’t stand the idea of wasting my summer days being drunk. Go for a bike ride or a hike you drunk f*cks.

Yikes. I'm not a big drinker, but I'm also not prone to bursts of judgmental anger. You might want to ride your bike and take a deep breath.

How do you type when your hands are shaking so much? Don't you spill your vodka?

Oh! I didn't realize it was you! Basement Bro, you are in fine form today.

If you are going to accuse people of having "anger" because they don't drink as much as you, I think it's fair for them to ask about your sobriety.

The "anger" comment was directly related to you calling people "you drunk f*ks." That, to me, is inappropriate, especially in light of the fact that hardly anyone on this thread (admits to) drinks heavily and many not at all. I believe people make sweeping and derogatory generalizations due to anger.

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Anonymous wrote:Due to medications and having an exhausting life, I rarely drink.

If I wasn't dealing with chronic illness and severe depression, I'd be in drinking a lot more.

I envy people who are out having a great time this summer. Who are healthy and can actually live life.

I’m just a busy dad and I don’t have time to drink. If I have time to sit down and sip something cold - I usually desperately need some water.

Also, I’m healthy and can’t stand the idea of wasting my summer days being drunk. Go for a bike ride or a hike you drunk f*cks.

This is a strange take. Most people drink at night, if they drink. Plenty of time to hike or bike during the day, then have a delicious cocktail or glass of wine in the evening.

That's what mean about the false dichotomy. Nobody hear has even mentioned spending their "summer days being drunk"

I am also Health AF, but enjoy a glass of red wine at night. Its crazy to me how people think in such absolutes.

OP, like so many on DCUM, has an agenda. No different than a political agenda, school agenda, social agenda. OP's is drinking.

I pretty plainly talked about what my issue was.

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Anonymous wrote:Due to medications and having an exhausting life, I rarely drink.

If I wasn't dealing with chronic illness and severe depression, I'd be in drinking a lot more.

I envy people who are out having a great time this summer. Who are healthy and can actually live life.

I’m just a busy dad and I don’t have time to drink. If I have time to sit down and sip something cold - I usually desperately need some water.

Also, I’m healthy and can’t stand the idea of wasting my summer days being drunk. Go for a bike ride or a hike you drunk f*cks.

Yikes. I'm not a big drinker, but I'm also not prone to bursts of judgmental anger. You might want to ride your bike and take a deep breath.

How do you type when your hands are shaking so much? Don't you spill your vodka?

Oh! I didn't realize it was you! Basement Bro, you are in fine form today.

If you are going to accuse people of having "anger" because they don't drink as much as you, I think it's fair for them to ask about your sobriety.

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Anonymous wrote:Due to medications and having an exhausting life, I rarely drink.

If I wasn't dealing with chronic illness and severe depression, I'd be in drinking a lot more.

I envy people who are out having a great time this summer. Who are healthy and can actually live life.

I’m just a busy dad and I don’t have time to drink. If I have time to sit down and sip something cold - I usually desperately need some water.

Also, I’m healthy and can’t stand the idea of wasting my summer days being drunk. Go for a bike ride or a hike you drunk f*cks.

This is a strange take. Most people drink at night, if they drink. Plenty of time to hike or bike during the day, then have a delicious cocktail or glass of wine in the evening.

That's what mean about the false dichotomy. Nobody hear has even mentioned spending their "summer days being drunk"

I am also Health AF, but enjoy a glass of red wine at night. Its crazy to me how people think in such absolutes.

OP, like so many on DCUM, has an agenda. No different than a political agenda, school agenda, social agenda. OP's is drinking.

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Anonymous wrote:Due to medications and having an exhausting life, I rarely drink.

If I wasn't dealing with chronic illness and severe depression, I'd be in drinking a lot more.

I envy people who are out having a great time this summer. Who are healthy and can actually live life.

I’m just a busy dad and I don’t have time to drink. If I have time to sit down and sip something cold - I usually desperately need some water.

Also, I’m healthy and can’t stand the idea of wasting my summer days being drunk. Go for a bike ride or a hike you drunk f*cks.

Yikes. I'm not a big drinker, but I'm also not prone to bursts of judgmental anger. You might want to ride your bike and take a deep breath.

How do you type when your hands are shaking so much? Don't you spill your vodka?

Oh! I didn't realize it was you! Basement Bro, you are in fine form today.