How often do you have a glass of wine.?

Ellie Ann
Your willpower disappears when your GCs go home?

Silverlining47

I doubt whether anyone who drinks rarely or not at all, gives two hoots as to how much anyone else drinks. I certainly don't and as for being virtuous, I've read all the comments and can't find one that fits that bill.

We have our main meal at lunchtime and I have a small glass of white wine with it. But during Advent and Lent I don't have wine. I'm not a member of the Orthodox church but it has many periods of fasting so I use their fasting periods to abstain from wine and give my liver a rest. Adding up all those days probably means that I have wine for only about half the days in the year.

I usually have a large glass of white with my evening meal but have been suffering acid reflux so I now have one or two gin and tonics in the evening I have no trouble getting up for work in the mornings and it relaxes me when I come home from work .Must admit reading a lot of the posts I might have to consider cutting down I do intend joining slimming world next week so I will have to cut down drastically

I have a brandy and ginger most evenings before dinner DH has a half pint of cider. It’s part of what we do.

Once a year at Christmas Day lunch.

I love a brandy and green ginger, Glenfinnan. Even though I once came to grief because I didn't realise the green ginger was alcoholic.

I never drink alcohol - I am a Salvationist. I've been surprised by the number of men (no women so far) who have turned on me and said they hate people who think they are superior because they don't drink! That's their response to my polite decline to have a glass of wine.

The real reason we in the Salvation Army don't drink is that in its beginnings a great many people the Salvationists went out to help had fallen into dire poverty and used alcohol to cope with misery and ill-health. Alcohol was cheap. This lead to addiction and a spiral down into a jobless, poverty stricken misery which affected large families living in squalor.

The S.A. Leaders realised, way ahead of medicine's findings, that it was only possible to overcome addiction to alcohol by giving it up entirely. So they said they would stop drinking so as to give courage to the poor people afflicted with alcoholism, thus demonstrating you can enjoy yourself, have a party, wedding, Christmas, etc. and celebrate without alcohol. When the ordinary members heard their leaders were giving up alcohol they said they too would do the same and thus "come alongside" the people who had the horrible experience of alcoholism and whose only cure was never to drink it.

So, far from looking down on people who drink, we Salvationists are standing beside those for whom alcohol has caused great misery to their lives. We too, as non drinkers, aim to give them hope, companionship and courage, as they go through life facing the great challenge of never drinking alcohol again.

we both shuddered and he poured it down the sink!
[gasp]!
Not that I like whisky very much but it is very expensive.

Ellie Anne Your willpower disappears when your GCs go home?

Gabriella
As soon as they wave goodbye after a very long day!

I think I’d probably label myself a social drinker these days, I had a very mis-spent late teenage / twenties when I drank a lot and very socially. Nowadays DH and I tend to open a bottle of wine at weekends and have a couple of small glasses over Saturday and Sunday night. Unfortunately I am starting to get allergic to the sulphites used in many wines so need to be careful as it affects my sinuses and can be painful and miserable. I enjoy a G&T especially on a summers day with lots of ice - and so far no allergic reactions!

Until last year I would have a glass of red wine or a couple of tawny ports while cooking dinner but then I started suffering with acid reflux if I drank on an empty stomach so stopped. My husband doesn't drink anymore partly because of his medication so I tend to just drink water when we go out for a meal now. Living where alcohol is cheap you see expats who are drinking far in excess of what is normal which is sad. Plus you can see the many health issues they have as a result. I shouldnt think there are any GNetters on here who are consuming such high amounts.

I only drink wine at most 3-4 glasses each month. I do occasionally have a large dry martini and splash of lemonade.

I will have one glass of wine if we have visitors for a meal. This would be months apart! I am the driver so never have a drink if I take the car, which I do as DH not good on public transport. I'm not a wine drinker, my preference would be a whisky or vodka with tonic, but this is rare. In all honesty, I'd rather have chocolate!

Practically never as I don't like the taste. I will have a gin and tonic occasionally though.

I’ve recently been reintroduced to Spanish and French wine after years of ignoring them in favour of new world wines and what with Waitrose cellar having regular 25% off I might have to stock up before brexit. Ps I feel quite brave I’ve never mentioned brexit on any thread before

Duck, morethan!

Try not to mention it again or THEY will get you!

I have a couple of glasses of very light white wine or rose on a Saturday night watching something nice. The bottle stays chilling in the fridge until over several weeks it is finished.
I haven't had any recently as have been fighting chest infection.

Seems to be a mixture here , but I think more non or minimal drinkers ...
I became aware that I am relying on it too much ...that said I do really appreciate wine and rarely drink spirits ..can’t ignore the effect it has in diffusing your stress..so now we ( and partner is far worse than me ) have 2 -4 consecutive night off..that’s the key thing to give your liver a rest plus I do not want to feel I am dependent on anything and that I have some willpower and self control and not self medicating with pinot noir..
Anyway each to his own. Unless you are an an alcoholic ,good health seems to be a bit the luck of the draw ..
Cheers ?

Dear oh dear, So many people replying about ho w very abstemious they are. Do they instead indulge in chocolate and all the very naughty sweet stuff? I'm one of the happy band who enjoys a large glass of wine every evening before dinner whilst reading or chatting to family. My mother at 88 does the same. Lovely way to just wind down and relax for the evening. I am not overweight and fit. Chin-chin to all those crisp and sweet eaters.

Have never been able to stand either the taste-or smell-of any alcohol. It saddens me to a certain extent when with friends who enjoy a glass of wine and say how lovely it is especially as I have a lovely French family and can't enjoy a drink with them.
I agree with Lizdo-I attend a Baptist Church and they have kept to a decision made years ago to not allow alcohol on the premises including the cafe as there are many folks who come in who have a problem with drink and we stand alongside them and can say that no-one is allowed alcohol.
I have never considered myself being sanctimonious about it and indeed always offer myself as the driver when needed

Any opened bottle of wine kept over several nights is not worth drinking.
I am not saying drink it up. I am saying use it in cooking or pour it away.
I absolutely understand anyone who does not like alcohol or does not want to drink.
I enjoy a glass or two of wine and most spirits.
I know what I am doing, I am sensible and I will please myself, as I expect everyone else to do.

I don't drink

annsixty, while I agree with you, I just wonder if we need to offer any sort of role model to our younger generations or, at least be aware that they need to understand the dangers? I have had to more or less give up drinking alcohol, certainly I can’t have any alcohol in the house. One of my sons is an alcoholic and we brought him home to live after detoxing in hospital. Now, I'm not trying to put anyone on a guilt trip but worry that my previous attitude (very similar to yours) could have contributed to a gentle, bright, young university graduate gradually upping his alcohol intake to a litre of spirits a night which he drank alone and in secret. We have no other substance abuse in the family.

palliser65, it is very difficult to go from celebrating with a glass of bubbly and enhancing a fine meal with good wine to going teetotal. Yes, you're right, I turn up with cream cake and chocolate these days and replace my celebratory drinks with cordials and carbonated fruit drinks. I'm learning that we can enjoy ourselves without alcohol, I miss my G&T and a good wine but my OH and I still have all our DC.