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?

[ummmm]

4 glasses = 1 bottle. But 4 glasses doesn't sound so bad...lol

[joggerjayne]

14 units / week

[mike11111]

Whatever answers are given on here, any GP worth his salt will multiply the same by a factor of at least 4 to arrive at a sensible figure. When asked by my GP how much I drank in a week I replied 28 units ( the "safe" recommended amount). "So I'll put you down for 112", was his reply. I hadn't the heart to tell him that even that was an underestimate.

[EcclesCake]

A bottle of wine is NOT a unit Jayne, I know because my GP told me ;-)

[shooty]

bucket fulls

[DTCwordfan]

I don't drink.



I gulp.

[joggerjayne]

"a bottle of wine is NOT a unit Jayne"

I think you'll find it is.

Isn't it?

[Eve]

I don't drink very much/often at all. Don't drink at home and usually just coke in the pub if just a quiet drink or pub quiz or something. Will happily drink on a night out though just don't go out out "partying" that often.

[Kristal53]

Loving these answers! - my GP said two glasses of wine a night would do more good than harm so I'm twice as healthy

[EcclesCake]

Unofficially, in my world yes it is. However, strange folk with clipboards and glasses perched halfway down their nose say that a bottle is SIX units - ludicrous IMHO!!!

[Prudie]

I STILL don't understand what a unit is. I have a gin or vodka and tonic every night. Get through 75cl bottle a fortnight. I have never been drunk in my life.

[Frank97]

Very little, bought ten bottles of lager a couple of weeks ago, still got six left. I don't go to the pub either.

[ladybirder]

Well once one's opened the bottle one jolly well ought to finish it oughtn't one?

[joggerjayne]

For working out weekly consumption ... weekends don't count, right?

I mean, obviously everyone gets trolleyed on Friday and Saturday nights.

[sherrardk]

On a positive note, cider (which I drink) and wine are made from fruit so must count towards your five a day!

[joggerjayne]

Absolutely, ladybirder.

You can't waste wine when there are so many people around the world who don't have enough wine to drink.

[DTCwordfan]

How many times have you refilled the bottles, D97?

[shoota]

I doubt if I average 2 units a month - often go for weeks without alcohol. Don't need it.

[Old_Geezer]

Varies from week to week but I probably average the equivalent of about 4 pints a week, most on the Saturday.