How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
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How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Just curious, from another thread on cycling forum about alcoholics etc.
Me, in a given week i guess i'm 3-4 bottles of ale... but if it's a race weekend i'll double that.
Me, in a given week i guess i'm 3-4 bottles of ale... but if it's a race weekend i'll double that.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
None, I get hideous hangovers now so I give it a miss, I feel better for not drinking, and I make less stupid decisions
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
I don't know, I don't bother counting. Towards the lower end of the scale though, that I do know.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Usually nil. I'll have a glass of wine sometimes if I'm out for a meal and, since I've got about 200 bottles of the stuff, bought 'in-bond', sitting in the Wine Society 'cellars' I might get a case out at the beginning of December and share with a few people that appreciate a good bottle of red.
Pretty much knocked the alcohol thing on the head 3 or 4 years ago though so, if I'm going to have a glass it might as well be good stuff.
Pretty much knocked the alcohol thing on the head 3 or 4 years ago though so, if I'm going to have a glass it might as well be good stuff.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
I put 16 -25 but reckon sometimes I break 25, all depends what's doing. I don't drink Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday 3 or 4 bottles/cans, but sometimes just 2. Recently been trying some fairly strong ales 500ml. Think about 3 units each. So totalling up its well over 14 units.
Thursday is my new Friday and starts the weekend drinking. Friday is similar and Saturday, not much on Sunday, unless I go to the pub. The weeks are never quite the same so it all depends tbh.
Just to add, sometimes I'll have a bottle of wine instead of the beers and occasionally finish with a brandy n coke.
Thursday is my new Friday and starts the weekend drinking. Friday is similar and Saturday, not much on Sunday, unless I go to the pub. The weeks are never quite the same so it all depends tbh.
Just to add, sometimes I'll have a bottle of wine instead of the beers and occasionally finish with a brandy n coke.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Some days 500ml of beer, some days a glass or 2 of red wine, some days both, some days nothing.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
My preferred spirit, absinthe, varies so much too. Some is as low as 40%, others are up in the 90s.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
A smidge over NHS guidelines at 1/2 bottle of bourbon and 2 bottles of cider / beer, which is about half of what I was drinking earlier this year 
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
I get through maybe a litre of bourbon JB or JD every three days.
I usually have a beer first tho' just to warm up.
I usually have a beer first tho' just to warm up.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
How many units in a can of beer? I'll drink more in the summer than winter, only ever bottles/cans, maybe 10-15 a week in summer, 0-5 in winter. I only drink when I'm out and there's more going out in the summer. I never drink spirits and very rarely drink wine.
A friends piss head wife has put me off alcohol a bit. She's the wine for breakfast, gin for lunch type of drinker with no interests other than going to bars. Trips to hospital with head injuries where she's fallen over are several times a year, with the occasional longer stay for alcohol poisoning or withdrawal if she's been on a bender.
A friends piss head wife has put me off alcohol a bit. She's the wine for breakfast, gin for lunch type of drinker with no interests other than going to bars. Trips to hospital with head injuries where she's fallen over are several times a year, with the occasional longer stay for alcohol poisoning or withdrawal if she's been on a bender.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Until this week, 16-25
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Pre Covid about 6 pints on a Saturday night,maybe a couple of bottles of beer one night midweek.
Post covid 2 bottles of beer twice a week maybe 3 bottles occasionaly.When lockdown started,unlike certain politicians we weren't alowed to go for social drinks & when lockdown was lifted,like a lot of people I'd got out of the habit.My pisspot mate's were quickly back into boozing,myself I'd rather spend the money on petrol for the bikes
Post covid 2 bottles of beer twice a week maybe 3 bottles occasionaly.When lockdown started,unlike certain politicians we weren't alowed to go for social drinks & when lockdown was lifted,like a lot of people I'd got out of the habit.My pisspot mate's were quickly back into boozing,myself I'd rather spend the money on petrol for the bikes
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Similar to the Cheese and the Count,I'm pretty much dry these days and have been for a few years.
I went from several litres of spirit a week to nothing and it was hard because I loved to drink. I'm now at the stage where I can enjoy the odd glass of wine with a meal,or the occasional draught Guinness. I honestly thought I'd never get to where I am now,if a bottle was opened,it would be finished. My quality of life has improved out of measure.
I went from several litres of spirit a week to nothing and it was hard because I loved to drink. I'm now at the stage where I can enjoy the odd glass of wine with a meal,or the occasional draught Guinness. I honestly thought I'd never get to where I am now,if a bottle was opened,it would be finished. My quality of life has improved out of measure.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Usually nowt, I might have the occasional bottle of beer if I remember to buy from the supermarket but I don’t miss it if I haven’t any in.
I used to drive for a living so I never got into the habit of regularly drinking. Even when I went out with the lads I usually ended up being the designated driver anyway. I don’t know if you can build up a tolerance or if it’s just my metabolism but I was always a pretty lightweight anyway and chucking up at the end of the night soon gets old.
I used to drive for a living so I never got into the habit of regularly drinking. Even when I went out with the lads I usually ended up being the designated driver anyway. I don’t know if you can build up a tolerance or if it’s just my metabolism but I was always a pretty lightweight anyway and chucking up at the end of the night soon gets old.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Hardly anything these days, a four pack of bitter will last a few months. Sometimes so long that I have to check the best before date. Mrs S L drinks even less. She says beer tastes like horse piss. She won't tell me how she knows! 
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
I reckon 2-3 pints a week on average but it's usually on a binge - one pub night every 3-4 weeks where I'll have between 5-6 pints. Don't drink at home, not for any reason than it's not my thing.
Full sugar Coke and chocolate are more of an issue for me than alcohol.
Full sugar Coke and chocolate are more of an issue for me than alcohol.
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
Always been a drinker. As a young bloke i was in the pubs every night and clubs at weekend. When had young kids we got into home drinking. I mainly drink red wine, but beer or cider if at a pub on a sunny day. I drink a hell of lot less than I used too, but do binge at time, 2, 3 or even 4 bottles of red a night at weekends. But I do only drink cheap reds with 10%abv. No way I could drink that many bottles of higher abv reds.I've almost stopped drinking during the week though as I foudn I was quite good at my job when I wasn't hung over! 
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Re: How much alcohol do you consume per week ?
4 bottles of red a night. I managed three once as 14% I gave up trying to get up for bed i had to kip in the sofa.Taipan wrote: Thu Sep 11, 2025 12:49 pm Always been a drinker. As a young bloke i was in the pubs every night and clubs at weekend. When had young kids we got into home drinking. I mainly drink red wine, but beer or cider if at a pub on a sunny day. I drink a hell of lot less than I used too, but do binge at time, 2, 3 or even 4 bottles of red a night at weekends. But I do only drink cheap reds with 10%abv. No way I could drink that many bottles of higher abv reds.I've almost stopped drinking during the week though as I foudn I was quite good at my job when I wasn't hung over!![]()
