Going off alcohol

I’m with you re the Hendricks GG13 with Fever Tree tonic ice and cucumber!
Lush
As Nessa would say 😁

I like a glass of white wine at the weekend, I used to drink Muscadet, too dry now.

I drink cider or a Guinness occasionally and at a rugby match. I did like Cava at the weekend going off that now.
I will have a glass or two of white wine out socially with our friends. I will have a glass of Merlot as a nightcap. I don't over indulge because I'm now on statins.

I have found that as I got older the ratio of drunkenness to hangover changed!
In my 20s I could drink like a fish and have no hangover, in my 30s I didn't feel so good the day after a night out, in my 40s it took less to bring on a pretty awful hangover, in my 50s hardly any alcohol at all and since my 60s I drink little alcohol (OH never has anyway) as I'm always watching my hydration in relation to bowels...!

I do not drink beer any more like I used to years ago because I found that the more I drink of an evening now the more I wake in the early hours needing the toilet!

I don't drink much at all now. Partly because the taste/quality of wine doesn't seem as good as it used to. Pricey too. But also I needed to lose a few Kg so I thought start with the extra calories. Used to really love a glass or two of red or white. Don't really miss it now.

Gran22boys

I don’t drink as much as I did. But I rarely find a soft drink I like. So many of them are full of sugar.

You are my twin!

I don’t drink much Vodka but I am also fussy about it.
Some very good brands out there and I don’t mind paying for top quality as I don’t buy it often.
I am not so fussy with Gin and find Aldi as good as anywhere for it.

I definitely buck this trend.

I still enjoy wine (white or rose) vodka & tonic, (fussy about the vodka) maybe a gin & tonic (I only like Hendricks gin) rather fussy about the tonic.

Like a good champagne, totally over Prosecco.

Basically I am fussy, when I consume calories I want to enjoy them 🍾🥂

Being coeliac I can no longer drink beer or lager. Cider is fine….apart from the calories! 😫

Jaxjacky

I like a shandy of an evening, I buy cans and it’s 0.5% very refreshing when very cold.
Nothing like the far too much white wine I used to drink years ago.

I could drink a shandy as long as it’s dead weak with a nice pizza.

Gave up alcohol in my early 40s, I found it was making me depressed regardless of one, or three drinks.
Also I think once us ladies start hitting menopause, I think that may have a lot to do with it.

I like a shandy of an evening, I buy cans and it’s 0.5% very refreshing when very cold.
Nothing like the far too much white wine I used to drink years ago.

I did mean to add both my daughters have found they just cant drink as they used to as it makss them feel sick they are in their 50s so maybe its just bodies changing that does it.

I've not had alcohol since I was 32, after an embarrassing incident at a friends dinner party I vowed I would never drink again and apart from a sip of champagne at weddings I'm now 77yrs. I never missed it.

nanna8

I belong to a wine club ( I live next to a wine growing area) so we get wine cheapish by the dozen. There are a lot of wonderful small vineyards within a 30 minute drive. Another reason I don’t want to move and downsize !

That would definitely make me stay put. 🤣🥳🍷

Usedtobeblonde

I feel it will soon be drinking alcohol at home… a slippery slope?
When I was out last evening my favourite Cocktail, an Old Fashioned , was £11:50 and a glass of Australian Shiraz £13:50.
I settled for Rioja at £10:50.
I couldn’t help but compare what a bottle would cost if bought and drunk at home.
The hospitality industry is in danger of shrinking into just a few venues for the determined and the well off.

I used to worry about that when I moved after DH died, utbb but I now realise it’s no big deal. Nothing nicer than your favourite tipple in the peace and quiet of your own home especially knowing it’s a fraction of the cost you!d have to pay in a pub or restaurant.

I love Bacardi on Friday nights. I don’t think I can tolerate anything else due to migraines but I have persisted over the years and it seems I can take that.
However I have tried using wine drops in occasional glass of Merlot of late and they seem to work at staving off the bad head too. But no I still do love to have some alcohol but generally once a week is plenty.

I belong to a wine club ( I live next to a wine growing area) so we get wine cheapish by the dozen. There are a lot of wonderful small vineyards within a 30 minute drive. Another reason I don’t want to move and downsize !

I don’t drink as much as I did. But I rarely find a soft drink I like. So many of them are full of sugar.

I recently signed a petition to try to get VAT reduced in the hospitality sector.
I don’t know if it has been presented yet.
A change of PM and Chancellor of the Exchequer may be favourable.

I feel sorry for the hospitality industry. Obviously they're losing sales to me. More seriously, it's hard to keep businesses like that going when having to pay staff higher wages, increased national insurance contributions and high council taxes. Something not thought through more fully by the chancellor. Not meaning to veer into politics though. Just my thoughts.

Haven't gone off alcohol although I no longer drink the industrial quantities of red wine that I used to after getting back from work in London on a Thursday night.
I still like a glass of red wine with pasta and also beef.
Sometimes I really like a G and T with lime. We have a bottle of Cremant every Friday and I've yet to turn down a glass of champagne if I can get it. My favourite liqueur is Grand Marnier (red ribbon) although this is quite difficult to get particularly in restaurants who tend to stock Cointreau which is way too sweet and a completely different drink. Having said all that I'm currently sitting in the garden before it gets too hot and I'm drinking.......... Perrier Water flavoured with cordial........

I feel it will soon be drinking alcohol at home… a slippery slope?
When I was out last evening my favourite Cocktail, an Old Fashioned , was £11:50 and a glass of Australian Shiraz £13:50.
I settled for Rioja at £10:50.
I couldn’t help but compare what a bottle would cost if bought and drunk at home.
The hospitality industry is in danger of shrinking into just a few venues for the determined and the well off.

fancythat

I have done the same with meat.
Only eat about half of what I used to.

I presume it is an age thing.

Like you fancythat l have gone off meat will tolerate chicken and fish just about but still enjoy a small glass of white wine! Naughty girl!!