Drinking more during the lockdown?

[+ Pensant]

Have you found yourself drinking more lately? Not a big drinker, but I have been drinking more, as have most of my friends and family. Every Friday, my neighbors and I have a social distancing cocktail party. I’m going on a 30-day abstention starting today. I don’t want to acquire another bad habit.

[jjkrkwood]

More water, YES, but I was never a "boozy" girl... Wish I was !

 

 

[MikeBiDude]

Have you found yourself drinking more lately? Not a big drinker, but I have been drinking more, as have most of my friends and family. Every Friday, my neighbors and I have a social distancing cocktail party. I’m going on a 30-day abstention starting today. I don’t want to acquire another bad habit.

It can go from”social” to “bad habit” problem in a blink and you won’t even see it change.

[+ Hoover42]

It is certain that I would be binge drinking every day had I not started a diet/exercise/abstinence program in December. Now that I'm on a streak, it's much easier to avoid drinking.

[+ Pensant]

There’s a great app called DryDays

[KeepItReal]

I stocked up before the lockdown but have found that I don't like drinking alone. So my bar is stocked but is likely to remain so for now...

[jjkrkwood]

I have 2 bottles of EPPA Sangria, red & white (the only booze I occasionally drink) ready to be cracked open with a "guest" when quarantine is OVER...

[TruthBTold]

I do have a little more "teensy weensy martinis" than I used to. Mainly to sleep.

The other thing is that my small condo building has had a "party day" planned where a day is picked and then everyone makes a portable baked good (liked cupcakes or cookies). Then they bag them for at least overnight to be brought down on the party day. Then people can go down to the room that is chosen (not that many to choose from) and take one or two things. You can then bag them and keep them out for a day if you want or have for coffee the next day. It is to lift spirits.

[+ bashful]

Not so much more, just starting earlier in the afternoon.

[+ Charlie]

I still have only my one glass of wine with dinner, as always; however, lately I have been tempted by the thought of a nice glass of Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry in late afternoon.

[orville]

Yes

[+ Pensant]

I still have only my one glass of wine with dinner, as always; however, lately I have been tempted by the thought of a nice glass of Harvey's Bristol Cream sherry in late afternoon.

Very civilized!

[Rudynate]

No - But I'm a teetotaler anyway. And I still practice full-time. I've found staying occupied to be really soothing, so Ive been taking care of all sorts of things I had been putting off. Weve been hitting the desserts pretty hard. My husband has been cranking out pies. A few days ago, I made blueberry lemon pound cake. Just yesterday. I found a Kodiak Cakes brownie mix in the cabinet and I made that. I think they might be the best brownies Ive ever had. I've been sleeping late every day. Feel terrific.

[+ WilliamM]

It can go from”social” to “bad habit” problem in a blink and you won’t even see it change.

 

My mom's family has a very bad history of alcohol abuse. Me too until I was 33. I still drink occasionally, but not to excess. I am still totally embarrassed by some the things I did when drunk.

 

I doubt my Mother ever had even a beer during her life, so a good

Roll model

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

Drinking more - yes. But for me that means that in the last five weeks I've consumer one bottle of wine and half a bottle of Bombay Sapphire.

[+ Snbrd]

Since it gave her strength through multiple crises my role mode remains Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame.

[+ nycman]

I never drink alone.

 

So for me it’s less.....much less.

[+ José Soplanucas]

I do not drink alone either.

However, last Saturday we had a virtual happy hour with a few friends and I had two bourbons and coke.

[+ azdr0710]

probably drinking slightly less because of not being out with anybody or visiting others......a can of my usual Tecate Light at home now about once or twice a week......

 

[orville]

coke.

black or white?

[Todd Jenkins]

100 %% MORE!!!!!!

[handiacefailure]

Now that our restaurants can serve two cocktails to go with a food purchase, I've taken advantage of that a couple times and will have one drink with dinner and the other goes in my fridge for a night cap and in the past I would never have alcohol with a take out meal at home. I'm very anal about drinking and driving and normally only have drinks if it's a restaurant I can walk or bike to, so I'm getitng the chance to try a few different cocktails from places I would had diet coke with the meal at before.

 

But on the other hand there is a bar next door to my condo that is cheers type bar where a lot of people in my building go and a couple of my friends have apartments in that building and I would usually go there once or twice a week to meet up with friends and have a cider so my drinking there has decreased.

[instudiocity]

No, I have held myself to my usual 1 bottle of wine per night. Two on the weekend days.

 

“Wine is proof that God lives us & wants us to be happy.” —Ben Franklin

 

I have so far resisted his air baths. ?

[rvwnsd]

Alcohol is a trigger for my asthma so I tend to avoid it as a matter of course.

[liubit]

I never drink alone, and since my partner hardly ever drinks and we haven’t been social, I haven’t had alcohol in over 5 weeks now. ??