Going off alcohol

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 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.

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.

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. 🤣🥳🍷

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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 🍾🥂

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.

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 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.

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

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

FriedGreenTomatoes2

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

Me too 😀

About 10 years ago I found I was getting bad heart burn so stopped drinking. However I like the taste so if I'm out I'll order an alcohol free beer or cider

I didn’t drink for 5 years and never missed it. Then sadly I lost my DH in October. Since then I find I enjoy a cold bottle of beer or a glass of wine in the evening. Especially during the hotter weather. It helps me relax though I am mindful of drinking at home alone can become a slippery slope! Like some others though I have also gone off meat!

I'm with you 💯 Usedtobeblonde

I’m down to about 5 bottles a week now. Can’t handle too much in my dotage.

I barely drink any alcohol now, though I'd never refuse a decent glass of champagne. I just don't fancy it,