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I don't go mad with alcohol (like you've not heard that before).sometimes I can polish off a bottle of wine the day I am due to start a night shift. Which I've just done while I cook tea for the family.My wife mentions the drink but never nsgs about it .I enjoy having a drink both socially and while I'm cooking I don't drink on my own tho. J IST SOME THOUGHTS ON MY DRINKING THAT'S ALL THANKS
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Anonymous111 jim31076
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Ideally you need to cut down.
Government recommends less than 14 units a week and no more than 6 units a day.
If you drink a whole bottle of wine - that's 7/8 units.
This probably wont harm you. But you categorically don't want ALD - its horrendous. So any cut down you can make will reduce your chances.
Campaigner8 jim31076
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Hi Jim,
Is the alcohol consumption interfering with your marriage, other personal relationships, work, or your health?
If it is, you are definitely drinking too much. I can see a problem with drinking a bottle of wine, then going to work. Are you driving to work after drinking that much alcohol? If you are, you better re-think your choices with alcohol. Nobody has the right to put other's lives at risk by drinking and driving. I am pretty sure you know this, though a lot of people fail to note that they should not drive after they have had too many, as alcohol clouds our judgement.
I was drinking upwards of 24 beers in one sitting, at least once a week, trying to quell a chronic pain condition. In my thinking, my drinking had no negative fallout. I thought wrong. As it turns out, I was ignoring that my wife and daughter were telling me that they didn't want me drunk around them. I clearly wasn't listening until it was putting a real strain on my marriage. As a result, I have put the brakes on my overdrinking. At present, I have chosen not to drink anything, as with me, one drink just doesn't do it. I need to get drunk when drinking, which is indicative of a drinking problem. My marriage and family life is intact, which I am grateful for.
Personally, I don't believe drinking a bottle of wine in one sitting is a huge health risk, as long as it is not a regular occurrence. I'm pretty sure that I will get a lot of people who will disagree with that assertion. I don't think that is the issue here anyways. It is more, how it affects your relationships and occupation. From what you wrote I definitely would reevaluate the impact alcohol is having in your everyday life. I don't think you would have posted the circumstances of your drinking as you did, if you didn't believe there was at least a potential problem. Am I correct with that assumption?